Juan Hernández Giménez
aviator (1914–2006)
Juan Hernández Giménez (1914–2006) was a Spanish aviator and spy for the French Resistance during the German occupation of France in World War II. He was born on May 17, 1914, in La Union, Murcia, Spain and died in France in 2006. He was the son of a humble miner with the Peñarroya firm. He died in France at the age of 92. His final resting place is in Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
Education and career
While still a boy Giménez had to work as a grocery clerk but, by studying alone in his spare time, he obtained his high school diploma in 1934.
A year later he joined the Aviation Arm in El Prat de Llobregat as a soldier, where he was involved in battle during the fascist uprising of 1936.
Tall (1.80m) and well built, he was an escort for Lieutenant Colonel Felipe Diaz-Sandino, Chief of the base, during the war. He often accompanied him on his meetings in Barcelona with Lluís Companys, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
As pilot of the Polikarpov RZ "Natacha", he participated in the battles of Guadalajara, Brunete, Teruel, Belchite and Ebro conducting bombing missions and coming under attack by domestic forces.
Exile
In February 1939, wearing the uniform of pilot Katiuska, he crossed the Pyrenees to go into exile in France.
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