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Name: Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
Croix de Guerre with 6 Palms
Country: France
Rank: Capitaine
Service: French Air Service
Units: GC22, N26, N82
Victories: 7
Born: 28 September 1883
Place of Birth: Rouen
Died: 07 September 1922 Killed In Flying Accident
Place of Death: The Alps
 
 
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Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
"An energetic officer, audacious and skillful pilot. In less than a month, by his courage and combat techniques, and by the example he gives each day to everyone, he made a newly formed young escadrille into a highly efficient unit. On 3 May 1917, he downed his third enemy plane in our lines. Cited twice in orders." Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 22 May 1917
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 18 Mar 1917 1000 N82   Two-seater W of Altkirch
2 01 May 1917 N82   EA  
3 03 May 1917 N82   EA 1 Moosch
4 05 May 1917 N82   EA  
5 18 Mar 1918 N82   EA Asiago
6 14 Jun 1918 N82   Fokker DR.I Cernay-les-Reims
7 20 Aug 1918 1900 GC22   Balloon Concevreux

1 Shared with François de Boigne
 
Books
Over the Front
by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
 
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