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| Name: |
Yves Felix Barbaza |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Sous Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
| Units: |
N38; Spa77 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
28 May 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Port-Said, Egypt |
| Died: |
26 February 1971 |
| Place of Death: |
Paris |
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Barbaza joined the army on 10 October 1911. Having served with the 7e Regiment de Dragons, he received a pilot's brevet (3060) on 25 March 1916 and joined Escadrille N38 on 1 August 1916. On 10 September 1916, he was reassigned to Escadrille N77. Barbaza remained with this unit until the end of the war, scoring five victories in 1918. |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| "An officer of high morals and resolute bravery. He has rendered for two years innumerable services in army corps and pursuit aviation. After having executed numerous photographic missions, especially during the battle of Verdun he passed to an escadrille de chasse where he immediately asserted himself by his energy and high consciousness of devotion. Remarkable patrol leader who has numerous combats, often far behind German lines. On 15 September 1918, he flamed two balloons (3rd and 4th victories, three citations)." Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 8 July 1917 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
24 Mar 1918 |
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Spa77 |
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Balloon 1 |
N of Quessy |
| 2 |
18 Jul 1918 |
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Spa77 |
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EA 2 |
Armentières |
| 3 |
15 Sep 1918 |
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Spa77 |
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Balloon 3 |
Foulgrey |
| 4 |
15 Sep 1918 |
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Spa77 |
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Balloon 3 |
Le Haye des Allemans |
| 5 |
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Spa77 |
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EA |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Mouronval, Lt Battle |
| 2 |
Shared with MdL Armangue |
| 3 |
Shared with S/Lt Maurice Boyau, Lt H Decoin, Adj-chef Strohl |
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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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