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| Name: |
Andre Emile Alfons de Meulemeester |
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| Country: |
Belgium |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Units: |
1ère, 9me |
| Victories: |
11 |
| Born: |
28 December 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Bruges, Belgium |
| Died: |
07 March 1973 |
| Place of Death: |
Bruges, Belgium |
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"The Eagle of Flanders" joined the Belgian Air Service on 26 January 1915 and was posted to 1ère Escadrille de Chasse on 8 April 1917. Sharing an unconfirmed victory with another pilot on 18 October 1917, de Meulemeester is believed to have downed Xavier Dannhuber's Albatros near Tervaete. Flying the Nieuport 17, de Meulemeester was credited with six victories before his unit was re-equipped with the Hanriot HD.1. In the spring of 1918, he was joined 9me, scoring four more victories by the end of the war. During 511 sorties, de Meulemeester engaged the enemy in aerial combat 185 times, was wounded in action twice and was attacked by British D.H.4s on two occasions. In 1919, de Meulemeester left the army, gave up flying and went to work in his family's brewery business. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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01 Feb 1917 |
1515 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
Rumpler C (FTL) |
Lombartzyde |
| 1 |
30 Apr 1917 |
0900 -1115 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (DES) |
Leke |
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02 May 1917 |
0710 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (FTL) |
Schoore |
| 2 |
12 Jun 1917 |
1540 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (DES) |
Vladsloo |
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15 Jun 1917 |
1115 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
D (DES) |
Keyem |
| 3 |
10 Jul 1917 |
2000 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (DES) |
Ramscapelle |
| 4 |
20 Jul 1917 |
0620 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (DES) |
Yser River |
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23 Jul 1917 |
1550 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
D (OOC) |
Kortewilde |
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05 Aug 1917 |
1600-1630 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
D (OOC) |
S of Dixmude |
| 5 |
21 Aug 1917 |
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1ère |
Nieuport |
Albatros C (DES) |
Yser Front |
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30 Sep 1917 |
1040 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (FTL) |
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01 Oct 1917 |
1545 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
C (OOC) |
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18 Oct 1917 |
0915 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
Albatros (OOC) |
Tervaete |
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28 Oct 1917 |
1545 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
D (OOC) |
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| 6 |
04 Nov 1917 |
0745 |
1ère |
Nieuport |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
Kloosterhoek |
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17 Nov 1917 |
1130-1135 |
1ère |
Hanriot HD.1 |
Albatros (OOC) |
Leke |
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16 Feb 1918 |
1104 |
1ère |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (OOC) |
Pervyse |
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21 Feb 1918 |
0850 |
1ère |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (OOC) |
Clercken |
| 7 |
21 Feb 1918 |
1450 |
1ère |
Hanriot HD.1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) 1 |
Dixmude |
| 8 |
17 Mar 1918 |
1100 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (DES) |
Dixmude |
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26 Mar 1918 |
1700 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
Pfalz D.III (CAP) |
Dixmude |
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11 Apr 1918 |
1815 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (OOC) |
Schoore |
| 9 |
03 May 1918 |
1135 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (DES) |
Schoorbakke |
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09 May 1918 |
1315 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (OOC) |
Fort Knocke |
| 10 |
17 May 1918 |
1030 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (DES) |
Houthulst |
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25 Aug 1918 |
0930 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
C (OOC/FTL) |
Houthulst |
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02 Oct 1918 |
1825 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
Halberstadt C (OOC) |
Beveren/Lys |
| 11 |
05 Oct 1918 |
0705 |
9me |
Hanriot HD.1 |
Balloon (DES) |
Thourout |
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| 1 |
Shared with Harry Symons |
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