26 September 1979 (1979-09-27) (aged 47) Paris, France
Allegiance
France
Service/branch
French Army
French Foreign Legion
Years of service
1952-1979
Rank
Colonel
Commands held
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP
Battles/wars
Algerian War
Shaba II
Battle of Kolwezi
Awards
Commander of the Légion d'honneur Croix de la Valeur militaire
Philippe Louis Edmé Marie François Erulin (5 July 1932 – 26 September 1979) was a senior French military officer. He is best known as the Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, who directed the military intervention in Zaïre during the Shaba II conflict against rebels of the Congolese National Liberation Front (FLNC).
His regiment was the success in the Battle of Kolwezi which resulted in the rescuing of hostages who were held hostage by the FLNC rebels. However, Erulin was later accused of having used torture during the Algeria War; an accusation that remains unsubstantiated and controversial. He came from a family of renowned officers and military traditions.
Philippe Louis Edmé Marie François Erulin (5 July 1932 – 26 September 1979) was a senior French military officer. He is best known as the Colonel Commandant...
at 00:45, the French 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, led by Colonel PhilippeErulin, was put on alert. A meeting took place in West Germany between Belgian...
Commando Group (GCP). It was there he met Dominique Erulin, brother of the Colonel PhilippeErulin, who became his friend and partner in future missions...
arrested at his home on 11 June 1957 by Captain Devis, Lieutenant PhilippeErulin and several soldiers of the 1er régiment de chasseurs parachutistes...
Algiers, 1992 Torture during the Algerian War Censorship in France PhilippeErulin Roger Faulques André Charbonnier The Question, Complete Review D. W...
3rd Indochina Air Infantry Battalion (III)/ 1er RCP. Jean Bréchignac PhilippeErulin Pierre Segrétain Paul Arnaud de Foïard 24th Airborne Division 25th...
Goupil, 2e REP (1972) Jean-Claude Coullon Jean Brette, 2e REP (1974) PhilippeErulin, 2e REP (1976) Jean Louis Roué, 2e REP (1978) Bernard Janvier, 2e REP...
Yves Godard Charles Ailleret [fr] Marcel Bigeard Michel Fleutiaux PhilippeErulin André Charbonnier Jean-Marie Le Pen Paul-Alain Léger [fr] Maurice Schmitt...
REP (1965) Jeannou Lacaze, 2e REP (1967) Jean Brette, 2e REP (1974) PhilippeErulin, 2e REP (1976) Jean Louis Roué, 2e REP (1978) Bernard Janvier, 2e REP...
(1965) Jeannou Lacaze, 2e REP (1967) Bernard Goupil, 2e REP (1972) PhilippeErulin, 2e REP (1976) Jean Louis Roué, 2e REP (1978) Jean-Claude Coullon Bernard...
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