Jean Seraphin Benjamin Emmanuel Bozon-Verduraz

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

C11, N3, Spa94

Victories:

Born:

29 May 1889

Place of Birth:

Saint Etienne de Cuines

Died:

21 June 1942

Place of Death:

After five years in the army, Bozon-Verduraz transferred to the French Air Service on 8 October 1915. On 12 May 1916, he was injured in a crash while serving with C11. Posted to N3 on 15 June 1917, he scored eight victories during the first half of 1918. On 1 July 1918, he assumed command of Spa94, scoring three more victories and logging more than 683 hours of flight time by the end of the war.

Légion d'Honneur

"Remarkable officer pilot; during two years, he has gained the admiration of the Army Corps Escadrille with which he served, carrying out the most arduous missions, never ceasing to seek battle with a joyous zeal. He downed, one after the other, three enemy planes in the space of four days. One wound. Three citations." Légion d'Honneur citation

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	16 Feb 1918	1135	N3		EA ¹	Damloup
2	17 Feb 1918	1215	N3		Two-seater	Montfaucon
3	20 Feb 1918	1120	N3		Two-seater ¹	Calonne
4	20 Apr 1918	1005	N3		EA	Hangard-Thennes
5	21 Apr 1918	0815	N3		EA ²	Thory
6	15 May 1918	1135	N3		Two-seater ³	Assainvillers
7	16 May 1918	0940	N3		EA ⁴	Montdidier
8	29 May 1918	1815	N3		EA	Etelfay
9	17 Aug 1918		Spa94		Two-seater	Roye
10	03 Oct 1918		Spa94		EA
11	09 Oct 1918		Spa94		Two-seater ⁵	Bathinville

1	Shared with Lt de la Rochfordiere
2	Shared with S/Lt Duret, Adj Mion, Brig de Ligniere
3	Shared with MdL Molines
4	Shared with MdL Molines, Sgt Louis Risacher
5	Shared with Lt Leganne

Books

Over the Front: by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)