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| Name: |
Jean Georges Fernand Matton |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Capitaine |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
| Units: |
MF20
N48, N57, N77 |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
27 October 1888 |
| Place of Birth: |
Saint Maur-des-Fosses, France |
| Killed in Action: |
10 September 1917 |
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| Place of Death: |
Keyem, Belgium |
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Matton earned a Military Pilot's Brevet on 14 January 1916. After serving with Escadrille MF20, he joined N57 on 23 July 1916 and scored his first victory just five days later. On 2 October 1916, he assumed command of Escadrille N48 and downed 8 more enemy aircraft before he was killed in action
by Josef Jacobs of Jasta 7 in
1917. |
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| Légion d'Honneur |
| "Ignoring a serious wound incurred during the course of a reconnaissance, he transmitted the vitally important information that he had gathered." Légion d'Honneur citation, 5 January 1915 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
28 Jul 1916 |
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N57 |
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Albatros C 1 |
Souilly |
| 2 |
15 Dec 1916 |
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N48 |
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Two-seater |
Bois de Carres |
| 3 |
16 Feb 1917 |
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N48 |
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Balloon |
Marvaux |
| 4 |
16 Mar 1917 |
1430 |
N48 |
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N of Chavonne |
| 5 |
28 Mar 1917 |
1115 |
N48 |
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Two-seater |
S of Nauroy |
| 6 |
27 May 1917 |
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N48 |
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Two-seater |
Moronvillers-Nauoy |
| 7 |
23 Jun 1917 |
0915 |
N48 |
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Two-seater |
Aguilcourt |
| 8 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1035 |
N48 |
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Albatros D.V 2 |
St. Thierry |
| 9 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1037 |
N48 |
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Albatros D.V 2 |
La Neuvilette |
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| 1 |
Shared with S/Lt Georges Lachmann, MdL Georges Flachaire |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Armand de Turenne |
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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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