Georges Felix Madon

Name:

Georges Felix Madon

Country:

France

Rank:

Capitaine

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

BL30; MF218; N38; Spa38

Victories:

Born:

28 July 1892

Place of Birth:

Bizerte, Tunisia

Died:

11 November 1924

Place of Death:

Tunis

     Madon's 41 victories place him high among the least recognized top aces of the Great War. Unofficially, Madon was credited with 64 probable victories, for a theoretical total of 105!
     Having learned to fly in 1911, Madon entered the army the next year and obtained his military brevet in January 1913. Thus, Corp. Madon was one of the most experienced French military fliers when the war began. While flying with BL.30, he strayed into Swiss airspace in April 1915 but escaped internment in December.
     Assigned to MF.218, then-Sgt Madon requested fighter duty and in Sep 1916 he joined N.38. He scored his first victory that month and by year end had four and was promoted to adjutant.
     Madon was WIA on 2 July with 12 victories to his credit and was promoted to sous lieutenant in August 1917, becoming a permanent appointment in February 1918. At the end of '17 his string ran to 19 victories, and he continued scoring steadily. He left N.38 in March 1918 when his score stood at 25. He then assumed command of the escadrille which re-equipped with SPADs. Madon's best month was June 1918 when he claimed eight shootdowns. His 41st and final success came on 3 Sept, with temporary promotion to captain on 11 November.
     Six years later, Madon was killed in Tunis while flying in a tribute to Roland Garros. He was 32 years old.

Notes contributed by Barrett Tillman

Opponents

#16	Erich Hahn

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	28 Sep 1916		N38		Fokker	N of Reims
2	09 Nov 1916		N38		Fokker	Somme-Py
3	17 Nov 1916		N38		Fokker	Marvaux
4	10 Dec 1916		N38		LVG C	Bois de Autry
5	31 Jan 1917		N38		Albatros	N of Suippe
6	06 Feb 1917		N38		Rumpler	Mesnil
7	15 Feb 1917		N38		Albatros C	N of Ripont
8	18 Mar 1917		N38		Two-seater	NE of Massiges
9	24 Apr 1917		N38		Albatros C	Cornilette
10	04 May 1917		N38		EA	Nogent l'Abbesse
11	13 May 1917		N38		Albatros D	N of Cote 304
12	20 May 1917		N38		Two-seater
13	18 Aug 1917		N38		Two-seater	Main de Massiges
14	22 Aug 1917		N38		Albatros C	Nogent l'Abbesse
15	03 Sep 1917		N38		Albatros	Nogent l'Abbesse
16	04 Sep 1917		N38		Scout	NE of Beine
17	24 Oct 1917		N38		Scout	Passavant-en-Argonne
18	22 Dec 1917		N38		Scout	N of Selles
19	23 Dec 1917		N38		Two-seater ¹	Tahure
20	04 Jan 1918		N38		Scout	Pont Faverger
21	27 Jan 1918		N38		Two-seater	Ville-sur-Tourbe
22	03 Feb 1918		N38		Scout	Betheniville
23	03 Feb 1918		N38		Two-seater	Caurel
24	09 Mar 1918		N38		Two-seater	Pont Faverger
25	09 Mar 1918		N38		EA	Pomacle
26	27 May 1918		Spa38		EA	Conde-sur-Suippes
27	27 May 1918		Spa38		EA	Conde-sur-Suippes
28	01 Jun 1918		Spa38		Albatros	S of Reims
29	01 Jun 1918		Spa38		Albatros	Betheny
30	01 Jun 1918		Spa38		Balloon ²	Reims-Epernay
31	02 Jun 1918	0600	Spa38		EA	S of Reims
32	02 Jun 1918		Spa38		EA	N of Reims
33	06 Jun 1918		Spa38		Two-seater	Rosnay-Gueux
34	12 Jun 1918		Spa38		Fokker	Fismes
35	30 Jun 1918		Spa38		Fokker DR.I	Pont Faverger
36	01 Jul 1918		Spa38		Two-seater ³	Breuil
37	17 Jul 1918		Spa38		Scout	Main de Massiges
38	17 Jul 1918		Spa38		Scout	Gueux
39	31 Jul 1918	1600	Spa38		Fokker D.VII	Lagery
40	11 Aug 1918	1630	Spa38		Fokker D.VII	E of Soissons
41	03 Sep 1918	1625	Spa38		Scout	N of Fismes

1	Shared with Adj Hector Garaud
2	Shared with Lt Jean Casale
3	Shared with Lt Jean Romatet, Lt Vitoux

Books

Guttman, Jon. SPAD XII/XIII Aces of World War 1. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2002

Franks, Norman and Frank Bailey. Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918. London: Grub Street, 1992

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