Georges Marcel Lachmann

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Capitaine

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

MS15
N57, N92, N581
REP15, REP27

Victories:

Born:

10 August 1890

Place of Birth:

Paris

Died:

12 August 1961

Place of Death:

Tonnerre

Having earned a civil pilot's license a month earlier, Lachmann was a Sergent serving with the French Air Service in August 1914 when he received a Pilot's Brevet. He was wounded in action on 26 June 1917. Throughout the war, Lachmann served with various Escadrilles on the Western, Russian and Italian Fronts. For his services during the war, he was decorated by the governments of France, Italy and Russia.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	15 Jul 1916		N57	Nieuport	Balloon	Ham
2	28 Jul 1916		N57	Nieuport	Albatros C ¹	Souilly
3	12 Aug 1916		N57	Nieuport	EA ²	Gincrey
4	04 Sep 1917		N581	SPAD VII	EA	Chileveff
5	19 Sep 1917		N581	SPAD VII	Balloon
6	03 Oct 1917		N581	SPAD VII	Balloon
7	04 Oct 1917		N581	SPAD VII	Two-seater	Malinise
8	08 Oct 1917		N581	SPAD VII	Two-seater	N of Lallisse
9	16 Oct 1917		N581	SPAD VII	Balloon

1	Shared with Lt Jean Matton, MdL Georges Flachaire
2	Shared with Adj Maxime Lenoir

Books

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

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