What is Valerie André?
{{Infobox military person | name = Valérie André | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|4|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Strasbourg]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|21|1922|4|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], France | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | image = Valerie André 2014.jpg | caption = André in 2014 | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|France}} [[France]] | branch = [[French Army]] | serviceyears = 1948–1981 | rank = Médecin Général Inspecteur | commands = | unit = | battles = | awards = [[Légion d'honneur]]<br />[[ordre national du Mérite]]<br />[[Croix de Guerre 1939-1945]]<br />[[Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieures|Croix de guerre T.O.E]]<br />[[Croix de la Valeur Militaire]]<br />Médaille commémorative d'Indochine<br />[[Médaille de l'Aéronautique]]<br />[[Croix du combattant volontaire 1939–1945|Croix du Combattant Volontaire]]<br />Médaille de Vermeil du service de santé | relations = [[André Santini]] (nephew) }} '''Valérie André''' ({{IPA|fr|valeʁi ɑ̃dʁe|-|Fr-Valérie André.ogg}}; 21 April 1922 – 21 January 2025) was a French [[French resistance|resistance]] official, [[neurosurgeon]] and [[aviator]]. She was the first female member of the military to achieve the rank of [[General Officer]], in 1976.<ref name=first/> She was also a founding member of the [[Académie de l'air et de l'espace]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Valerie Andre|url=http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm|publisher=Société d'aviation de la Gruyère|access-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67wVCjCf9?url=http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm|archive-date=May 26, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/base/breves/2010/fevrier/vol_simule_pour_le_general_valerie_andre |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-14 |archive-date=2020-08-21 |archive-url=htt