Michel Joseph Callixte Marie Coiffard was one of the leading French flying aces of World War I. He was notable for his success as a balloon buster shooting down enemy observation balloons, which were usually heavily defended by anti-aircraft machine guns and artillery and by fighter planes. He scored 34 victories in his career.
Sous lieutenantLouis Risacher was a French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He would return to his nation's service during World War II.
Sous Lieutenant Joseph Denis Bernard Robert de Bonnefoy (1894–1946) was a French World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Sous LieutenantNoël Hugues Anne Louis de Rochefort was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He was one of the original French aces.
Sous lieutenantDel Antoine Gaston Vial served in an artillery regiment from 1912 to 1913, when he transferred to aviation. He became a flying ace during World War I by scoring eight aerial victories. Another notable achievement of his was his frequent participation in long range bombardment missions.
Adjutant-Chef Antoine Laplasse was a World War I balloon buster and flying ace credited with eight aerial victories, six of which were against observation balloons.
Lieutenant Jean Chaput was a French World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.
Capitaine Albert Louis Deullin was a French World War I flying ace credited with twenty aerial victories. He served for the entirety of World War I. By war's end, he had risen to command of a fighter wing. He would die in a postwar flying accident.
Capitaine Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine Tenant de la Tour was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He scored one of the first aerial victories over an observation balloon.
Sous Lieutenant Jean Pie Hyacinthe Paul Jerome Casale, was a French World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. He was one of the few aces that survived the entire course of fighter aviation in the war.
Adjutant Maxime Albert Lenoir was a pioneering World War I flying ace credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories, as well as eight unconfirmed.
Capitaine Gustave Victorin Daladier was a French World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories. He would continue in his nation's military service after World War I.
Sous Lieutenant Marcel Joseph Maurice Nogues was a World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. He was an ace over enemy observation balloons, as well as enemy airplanes.
Major Adrien Louis Jacques Leps was a French World War I flying ace credited with twelve confirmed aerial victories, as well as two probables. He served originally in the cavalry, before shifting to flying. In later years, he served under General Armand Pinsard during World War II.
Adjutant Armond/Armand Jean Berthelot (1894–1961) was a French World War I flying ace credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories. He was a scourge to enemy aerial observers, as his victory record contained six observation aircraft and two observation balloons.
Commandant Jacques Toussaint François Ortoli was a French Corsican patriot who served France in two World Wars. In World War I, he was a flying ace credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories. He returned to his nation's defense during World War II.
Adjutant Maurice Bizot was a French World War I flying ace credited with ten confirmed aerial victories.
Général Auguste Joseph Marie Lahoulle was a French military officer who began his career as a World War I flying ace. He was a double ace during the war, credited with ten confirmed aerial victories.
Sous lieutenantArthur Marie Marcel Coadou was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine confirmed aerial victories out of his fifteen combat claims.
Capitaine Jean Georges Fernand Matton was a French World War I cavalryman and flying ace. He was credited with nine confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories.
