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| Name: |
Hector Eugene Joseph Garaud |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Sous Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
| Units: |
V97; Spa38 |
| Victories: |
13 |
| Born: |
27 August 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Saint Antoine |
| Died: |
05 April 1940 |
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| Place of Death: |
Montpellier |
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Garaud entered the French Air Service in 1915 and became a pilot the following year. During the war, he accumulated 495 hours of flight time. On 26 March 1918, he was wounded when a bullet passed through his right lung. He was wounded again on 3 October 1918 when a fragment from an exploding shell hit him in the face. |
| FRENCH WAR ACE KILLED IN CRASH |
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| PARIS, April 6 (AP)—Major Hector Garaud, French air ace who was credited with bringing down 23 enemy planes during the first World war, was killed yesterday in an airplane accident at Montpelier [sic] where he was serving as an instructor. |
| The Ogden Standard-Examiner - Saturday, April 6, 1940 |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| "Pursuit pilot beyond compare, he has downed eleven enemy planes. He was seriously wounded after having downed his 12th plane." Légion d'Honneur citation |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
12 May 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
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| 2 |
29 Oct 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Somme-Py |
| 3 |
13 Nov 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Somme-Py |
| 4 |
12 Dec 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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Rumpler C |
Louvercy |
| 5 |
22 Dec 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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Two-seater 1 |
Louvercy |
| 6 |
23 Dec 1917 |
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Spa38 |
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Two-seater 2 |
Tahure |
| 7 |
01 Jan 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Somme-Py |
| 8 |
19 Feb 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Prunay |
| 9 |
06 Mar 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Main de Massiges |
| 10 |
08 Mar 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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Two-seater |
St. Martin l'Heureux |
| 11 |
11 Mar 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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EA |
Auberive-Dontrien |
| 12 |
26 Mar 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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Rumpler C |
Châlons |
| 13 |
12 Aug 1918 |
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Spa38 |
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Fokker D.VII |
Vitry |
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| 1 |
Shared with S/Lt Gabriel Guérin, MdL Marcel Henriot |
| 2 |
Shared with S/Lt Georges Madon |
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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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