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| Name: |
Maurice Arnoux |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Sous Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
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MF55, MF99; N49, Spa49 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
07 September 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Montrouge (Seine) |
| Died: |
06 June 1940 |
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Maurice Arnoux entered the military in December 1914. Serving first as a driver with MF99 in Serbia, he began pilot training at Dijon in February 1916. Receiving a Pilot's Brevet three months later, he served with the GDE and MF55 before joining N49 as a pursuit pilot in April 1917. He remained with this Escadrille (later Spa49) flying Nieuports and SPADs until the end of the war. A Commandant during World War II, Arnoux was killed in action after resuming his career as a fighting pilot. |
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| Médaille Militaire |
| Elite pilot who distinguishes himself each day by new exploits. Always prepared to accomplish all his missions with the same zeal and courage; pursuit, reconnaissance or strafing trenches. He has already downed two balloons and one aircraft and has executed missions successfully both in day and night reconnaissances of long distances without allowing himself to be impeded by enemy attacks. During the night of 17 September 1918, while on reconnaissance behind enemy lines to strafe a train station a low altitudes, he returned with his plane damaged by enemy fire. Five citations.
Médaille Militaire citation, 4 October 1918 |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| Remarkable officer pilot as shown by his brilliant professional qualities and by his spirit, courage and ardor beyond praise. Always volunteers for the most painful and perilous missions. After having brilliantly served in an Escadrille of reconnaissance, he transferred to pursuit aviation where he was classed among the best. Has downed five enemy planes. Cited in orders eight times.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 13 July 1919 |
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| Victories |
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Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
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28 Jun 1917 |
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N49 |
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EA 1 |
Hirsingen |
| 2 |
08 Jun 1918 |
0946 |
Spa49 |
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Balloon |
Ferrette |
| 3 |
26 Jun 1918 |
0910 |
Spa49 |
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Balloon |
Tagsdorf |
| 4 |
07 Oct 1918 |
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Spa49 |
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Rumpler C 2 |
Burnhaupt |
| 5 |
21 Oct 1918 |
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Spa49 |
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C 3 |
Mulhausen |
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| 1 |
Shared with MdL de Belleville |
| 2 |
Shared with MdL Jacques Gerard, MdL Simmonin |
| 3 |
Shared with S/Lt Alexandre Bretillon, S/Lt Jean Bouyer, Adj Paul Hamot |
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| Books |
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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