Andre Petit-Delchet

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Andre Marie Paul Petit-Delchet
Born(1892-09-29)September 29, 1892
Villers-sur-Mer, France
DiedJuly 28, 1918(1918-07-28) (aged 25)
Villessneux
AllegianceFrance
Service/branchFlying service
Rank Adjutant
UnitEcadrille MF.72
Escadrille N.69
Escadrille SPA.57
Awards Médaille militaire
Croix de Guerre

Adjutant Andre Marie Paul Petit-Delchet was a French World War I flying ace credited with five confirmed aerial victories and two probable ones. [1]

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Biography

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Andre Marie Paul Petit-Delchet was born in Villers-sur-Mer, France on 29 September 1892. [2]

Petit-Delchet enlisted in a French-Algerian military unit at the outbreak of World War I. He transferred to a French cavalry regiment. On 1 November 1915, he reported for aviation training. He was granted a Military Pilot's Brevet in May 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille N.69 on 21 December 1916. [2]

Some time later, he was pulled from combat for additional training. On 29 March 1918, he returned to the front as an Adjutant pilot for Escadrille SPA.57 . On 21 April, he began a string of five victories--the first three being enemy airplanes, the last two observation balloons. French fighter pilots in 1918 were hunting Germans in packs; Petit-Delchet shared four of his victories, with such fellow aces as Marius Hasdenteufel, Marcel Nogues, and Charles Nuville. [2]

On 28 July 1918, Petit-Delchet was taking off for a combat patrol when he crashed and died. By the time of his death, he had been awarded the Médaille militaire [3] and the Croix de Guerre [4] with four palmes and three etoiles. [2]

Sources of information

  1. ↑ The Aerodrome website Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 205
  3. ↑ The Aerodrome website page on the MM Retrieved 27 August 2020
  4. ↑ The Aerodrome website page on the CdG Retrieved 27 August 2020

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