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| Name: |
Paul Adrien Gastin |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Capitaine |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
| Units: |
GC23; MS12; N49; Spa84 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
08 November 1886 |
| Place of Birth: |
Avignon |
| Died: |
23 August 1976 |
| Place of Death: |
Nice |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| "Elite pilot of exceptional ardor and energy. He has engaged in a short time in more than ten combats, always compelling the enemy planes to flee. On 22 May 1916, he resolutely attacked an enemy plane and, in spite of violent fire from his adversary, he approached for hand-to-hand combat and downed it in our lines after having mortally wounded the pilot and observer. Already cited in orders three times." Légion d'Honneur citation, 3 June 1916 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
22 May 1916 |
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N49 |
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Aviatik |
Sentheim |
| 2 |
23 Oct 1916 |
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N49 |
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Aviatik |
Cernay |
| 3 |
01 Nov 1916 |
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N49 |
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EA |
Altkirch |
| 4 |
23 Jan 1917 |
1600 |
N49 |
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EA |
NW of Altkirch |
| 5 |
28 Jan 1917 |
1500 |
N49 |
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Albatros C |
Soppe |
| 6 |
17 Aug 1918 |
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Spa84 |
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EA 1 |
Dreslincourt |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Lucien Cayol, Sgt Faurel |
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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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