Juan Hernández Giménez

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.

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.

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.

When World War II ended, he worked as Turner Operator in the Messier Hispanic-Swiss Factory, Bugatti in Oloron-Sainte-Marie.

Many years later, in 1985, the Spanish Defense Ministry granted him the category of Commander of the Air Force, and the corresponding pension, as if he had continued being active in the Aviation Arm since 1939.