This is a complete list of French flying aces of World War I.
While Roland Garros is often called the first French Ace, he has only four confirmed victories. The distinction of being the first French Ace goes to Adolphe Pégoud.
Aces are listed after verifying the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished, for every victory accredited by the Aéronautique Militaire using their own aerial victory standards. Those victories for which the evidence is unavailable or fragmentary have been excluded from the victory count.[1]
20 or more victories
edit15-19 victories
edit11-14 victories
edit- Marius Ambrogi
- Jean Casale
- Omer Demeuldre
- Hector Garaud
- Marcel Nogues
- Bernard Artigau
- Gustave Daladier
- Joseph M. X. de Sévin
- Fernand Guyou
- Marcel A. Hugues
- Lucien J. Jailler
- Adrien L. J. Leps
- Charles J. V. Macé
- Jean Navarre
- Charles Nuville
- Paul Tarascon
- Paul Y. R. Waddington
- Armond J. Berthelot
- Jean G. Bouyer
- Jean Bozon-Verduraz
- André Julien Chainat
- André Herbelin
- William Herisson
- Maxime Lenoir
- Ernest Maunoury
- René Montrion
- Jacques Ortoli
10 victories
edit9 victories
edit8 victories
edit7 victories
edit- Alfred Auger
- François Battesti
- André Louis Bosson
- Eugene Camplan
- Fernand Henri Chavannes
- Pierre De Cazenove De Pradines
- Pierre Delage
- Robert Delannoy
- François Delzenne
- François de Rochechouart
- Noël de Rochefort
- Jean Derode
- René Doumer
- Pierre Ducornet
- Raoul Echard
- Henri Languedoc
- Marie Lecoq De Kerland
- Jean Loste
- Alexandre Marty
- Xavier Moissinac
- Pierre Pendaries
- Paul Petit
- Jean C. Romatet
- Paul Santelli
- Victor Sayaret
- Gabriel Thomas
- Marie Vitalis
- Joseph Vuillemin
- Eugène Weismann
6 victories
edit5 victories
edit- Albert Achard
- Maurice Arnoux
- Jean Arpheuil
- Yves F. Barbaza
- Andre Barcat
- Auguste Baux
- Georges Blanc
- Marcel Bloch
- Charles Borzecki
- Alexandre Buisson
- Pierre Cardon
- Lucien Cayol
- Antoine Cordonnier
- Honoré de Bonald
- Jean de Gaillard de la Valdène
- Andre Delorme
- Jean Dubois de Gennes
- Jean-Paul Favre de Thierrens
- Pierre Gauderman
- Eugène Gilbert
- Francis Guerrier
- Joseph-Henri Guiguet
- Georges Halberger
- Paul Hamot
- Marius Hasdenteufel
- Marcel Hauss
- Paul Homo
- Jean Jannekeyn
- Didier Lecour Grandmaison
- Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié
- Georges Lienhart
- Paul Malavialle
- Paul Montange
- Antoine Paillard
- Georges Pelletier d'Oisy
- Andre Petit-Delchet
- Constant Plessis
- François Portron
- Georges Raymond
- Victor Regnier
- Charles Revol-Tissot
- Louis Rissacher
- Maurice Robert
- Paul Rodde
- Jacques Roques
- Maurice Rousselle
- Basile Saune
- Etienne Tsu[2]
- Gilbert J. Uteau
- Pierre Violet-Marty
- Pierre Wertheim
Notes
edit- ^ Held dual Franco-American citizenship.
References
edit- Notes
- ^ Franks & Bailey (1992), pp. 112–227.
- ^ "Jan J. Safarik: Air Aces Home Page".
- Bibliography
- Franks, Norman & Bailey, Frank W. (1992). Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.