Marcel Bloch (aviator)

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Marcel Robert Leopold Bloch
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Born(1890-07-21)21 July 1890
La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland
Died29 March 1938(1938-03-29) (aged 48)
Czechoslovakia
AllegianceFrance
Service/branchFlying services
Years of service1914–1918
RankSous 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 workdisbanded 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]

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World War I service

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]

Postwar life

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]

Honors and awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/bloch.php Retrieved on 27 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 Nieuport Aces of World War 1. p. 54.
  3. Over The Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. p. 120.

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