Louis Arbon Strange - WWI aviator, bombing pioneer, during WWII Pilot Officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Sydney Carlin WWI Ace, turret gunner in WWII Hauptmann Alfred Lindenberger: 12 WW I - 4 WW II
Oberstleutnant Alfred Mueller: 2 WW I - 3 WW II Hauptmann Alex von Winterfeld: 4 WW I - 9 WW II Nice post with biography made by vonKaiser Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen - he made some reconaissance flight No war missions anymore, but there's still a story of the minister of Civil Works being in the navigator seat of a Mirage IV for a speed record over the Paris-Nice distance in 1955 :lol:
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He also had quite a full political career, in the National Assembly, the Senate and several times minister. Still performs war missions :Ps but this time only with a tiny Fieseler Storch over the pockets of the Atlantic.Īfter the war, he's chairman of various companies in aeronautics, cinema or the media. Still performs war missions over occupied Europe and Germany! He's made a general of the air force late in 1944, and given the responsibility of the air force of the Atlantic. Back in England in november 1942 as a deputy commander of the FAFL, then commander of the FAFL in Great-Britain in august 1943. He's sent to the Middle East as a chief-of-staff of the FAFL, performs several war missions over Lybia with the Lorraine bomber squadron. Then leaves for Morocco, La Martinique, New York and finally London, where he joins the FAFL on the 1st of March 1941. He's arrested at the end of the year but released on january 1941. d'Astier de la Vigerie the resistance network "La dernière colonne". He adds another four confirmed kills and one probable.ĭemobilised, he creates with E. He's deputy commander of the GC III/2 during the BoF, eight war missions on MS.406 then seven more on Curtiss H-75. Volunteer for the Spanish Civil War, still with Malraux.
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He's sent to a fighter squadron protecting Venice, where he gets two victories plus two probable (three seaplanes and a "drachen").Ī bunch of activities during the inter war period : journalism, cinema, various air raids in the Middle East with André Malraux and Africa with Jim Mollison. Volunteer in 1915 (cheating on his age), and quickly sent to a pilot school. His aircraft, with the mark of the aces on the fuselage : He leaves the army after the armistice, as a Lt-colonel. Still manages to add another kill on the 19th of May (a Dornier 17).
He's deputy commander of the GC I/8 during the BoF but performs only a few war missions on Bloch MB.152 fighter. He claimed another victory during this action to bring his overall score to 23 and would end the war a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, holder of the Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre with 15 palms and three stars and a British Distinguished Service OrderĪbout Polish mark on tail, DAT Bourges consisted also of Poles )ġ4 confirmed victories plus 9 probable during WW1, he's particularly renowned as one of the best "sausage killer" (observation balloons) of the French air service. Aircraft damaged but repairableīase Commandant at Bourges, Claude Marcel Haegelen was a celebrated French ace who had shot down 10 enemy aircraft and 12 balloons while flying with Escadrille 103 during WW1. There are different systems in countries, so:īy Ace I understand person with claimed 5 victories total.īy victories I understand also each shared victories or probable.ĭAT Bourges Curtiss H-75 (183) Returned to base damaged by return fire during attack on He 111s of KG55 near Bourges airfield 1:30pm. To makes things clear, I decided to put some rules, but you don't have to strictly follow them, because bomber pilots are also welcomed here as well as other notable pilots, who were in the air during both wars, especially with interesting biography.ġ) time frame - Pilot, who participated in a) WWI and in b) WWII in combat flights.Ī) WWI: On West that's clear, but on East of Europe there were many conflicts just after WWI, and connected with Great War, so it's may be pilot from conflicts up to 1922.ī) WWII: There are different opinions when WWII started, so to increase chance of finding those pilots, so those who participated in First World War and in Spain Civil War or Sino-Japan war are allowed.Ģ) What I mean by Ace. Personally, I know only one such person, but I hope that you know more and post about them.
As we know, this year will be 100 years after WWI started, the one of the most important wars, which changed world.I wonder how we can connect that with (mostly) WWII based game.I think, it would be interesting to read about aces, or pilots, which fought on aeroplanes in both wars.