Английская Википедия:François de Rochechouart
Шаблон:Infobox military person Sous-Lieutenant François Marie Joseph Laurent Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart, (22 March 1881 - 16 March 1918), Marquis of Mortemart, Prince of Tonnay-Charente, was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.[1]
Biography
François Marie Joseph Laurent Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart was born on 22 March 1881 in Paris, France. When World War I began, he was serving in the cavalry. He switched to aviation service, and graduated pilot training with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 29 May 1917. Assigned to Escadrille 23, he shot down seven German airplanes between 16 June 1917 and 19 February 1918. He was killed in action on 16 March 1918 over Consenvoye, France.[2]
Honors and awards
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
"Pilot of escadrille N23, an excellent pilot who has demonstrated in his pursuit escadrille the great qualities of bravery and audacity. He has distinguished himself in many combats by his skill, resolution and disregard for danger. On 20 October 1917, he downed his fifth enemy plane during the course of a very difficult combat in which he was wounded. Four citations." Légion d'Honneur citation, 22 November 1917.[2]
Additionally, he had won the Croix de Guerre with seven or more palms.[2]
Endnotes
References
- Military file #1 #2 #3 #4 on French DoD website
- Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918 London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. Шаблон:ISBN.
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