Marcel Robert Leopold Bloch | |
---|---|
Born | La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland | 21 July 1890
Died | 29 March 1938 48) Czechoslovakia | (aged
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | Flying services |
Years of service | 1914–1918 |
Rank | Sous lieutenant |
Unit | Escadrille 3 , Escadrille 62 |
Awards | Légion d'honneur , Médaille militaire , Croix de Guerre , Russian Order of Saint George and Order of Saint Anne |
Other work | disbanded by Vichy government. |
Sous Lieutenant Marcel Robert Leopold Bloch was a World War I flying ace who fought for the French on both Eastern and Western Fronts. He was credited with five aerial victories, all scored against German observation balloons. [1]
Bloch volunteered for the French military on 7 September 1916, and was assigned to aviation service. After pilot training, he was granted Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2571 on 12 October 1915. Bloch was originally assigned to fly a Nieuport for Escadrille 3 but transferred to Escadrille 62 on 25 May 1916. He became a balloon buster ace, destroying five German observation balloons between 26 June and 1 October 1916. [2] In the process of destroying number three, on 3 July 1916, he was seriously wounded twice. He downed his last two on 30 September and 1 October. [1]
In 1917, Bloch was transferred from combat duty to a military mission. [2] On 23 March, he was transferred to the Russian Front. He sustained serious injuries on 8 May 1917, when he suffered a flying accident. After many months in hospital, he was assigned to the French Mission to the United States on 10 September 1918. [1]
On 1 March 1919, Bloch returned to France. [1] He would never recover from his war wounds, succumbing to them 29 March 1938 in Czechoslovakia. [3]
LieutenantFlavio Torello Baracchini was an Italian World War I fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed and nine unconfirmed aerial victories. His confirmed victory total ranked him fourth among Italian aces of the war.
Sous LieutenantVictor François Marie Alexis Régnier (1889-1961) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Adjutant Pierre Augustin François Violet-Marty was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
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.
Capitaine Jean Marie Émile Derode was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Sous lieutenantHenri François Languedoc was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Victor Louis Georges Sayaret was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Adjutant Edmond Jacques Marcel Pillon was a French World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
Lieutenant Jean Chaput was a French World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.
Adjutant André Julien Chainat was a French World War I flying ace credited with eleven 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 Lucien Joseph Jailler was a French World War I flying ace credited with twelve confirmed and eight unverified aerial victories.
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.
Sous lieutenantMarcel Pierre Viallet was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. Postwar, he would serve in the Rif War in Morocco, dying there of disease.
Lieutenant Colonel Marius Jean Paul Elzeard Ambrogi, using "Marc" as common first name, was a French fighter pilot in both World Wars. He became a flying ace during World War I, with fourteen aerial victories, then added another during World War II. He was one of the leading balloon busters, with 11 observation balloons destroyed to his credit.
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.
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.