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| Name: |
Ernest Joseph Jules Maunoury |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Sous Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
| Units: |
C64; F16; N152, Spa152 |
| Victories: |
11 |
| Born: |
20 November 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Saint Clair de Halouse |
| Died: |
21 September 1921 |
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| Place of Death: |
Cazaux |
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Maunoury joined the army on 7 September 1914. Wounded in action while serving with the infantry, he transferred to the French Air Service on 2 June 1916. He scored his first victory as an observer with Escadrille C64. Reassigned to F16 on 27 January 1917, Maunoury was selected for pilot training and received a Pilot's Brevet on 7 June 1917. As a fighting pilot, he joined N152 on 19 September 1917 but did not score any victories until the summer of the following year. During 1918, he downed 8 balloons and 2 German two-seaters. |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| "Officer of high moral values. Severely wounded in the infantry where he was remarkable because of his audacity. He refused an assignment to auxiliary service and entered aviation at his request as an observer. After having downed one enemy plane he was transferred to pursuit aviation where he has never ceased to demonstrate the noble qualities of spirit, energy and bravery. On 15 September 1918, in the course of a patrol, he flamed two enemy observation balloons. Two wounds, three enemy planes an six balloons downed. Four citations." Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 9 October 1918 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
26 Sep 1916 |
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C64 |
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Fokker |
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| 2 |
30 Jun 1918 |
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Spa152 |
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Balloon |
St. Marie-a-Py |
| 3 |
20 Jul 1918 |
1005 |
Spa152 |
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Rumpler C 1 |
Nogent l'Abbesse |
| 4 |
20 Jul 1918 |
1015 |
Spa152 |
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Two-seater 1 |
Faverolles |
| 5 |
30 Aug 1918 |
0820 |
Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Chavonne |
| 6 |
01 Sep 1918 |
1840 |
Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Pont Arcy |
| 7 |
04 Sep 1918 |
0645 |
Spa152 |
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Balloon 3 |
Pont Arcy |
| 8 |
15 Sep 1918 |
0730 |
Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Ailles |
| 9 |
15 Sep 1918 |
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Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Hubertise |
| 10 |
01 Oct 1918 |
1350 |
Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Orainville |
| 11 |
01 Oct 1918 |
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Spa152 |
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Balloon 2 |
Orainville |
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| 1 |
Shared with S/Lt Del Antoine Gaston Vial |
| 2 |
Shared with S/Lt Léon Jean Pierre Bourjade |
| 3 |
Shared with S/Lt Léon Jean Pierre Bourjade, Cpl Manson |
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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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