Achille Justin Ernest Rousseaux

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Adjudant

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

C46, N79, N88

Victories:

Born:

29 August 1887

Place of Birth:

Dijon

Died:

Place of Death:

Achille Justin Ernest Rousseaux

Achille Justin Ernest Rousseaux was wounded in action on 23 November 1916.

Médaille Militaire

"Brigadier machine-gunner of Escadrille C46. Excellent gunner, very courageous and adroit. On 16 November 1916, during the course of an aerial combat, he downed his adversary bringing therewith the number of enemy planes he had shot down to three. On 23 November he was attacked successively by groups of three or four German planes; he opposed them with remarkable resistance even after having his right arm hit by a bullet. He returned with his plane very badly damaged." Médaille Militaire citation, 2 December 1916

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	08 Sep 1916		C46		EA ¹
2	10 Nov 1916		C46		Roland ²	E of Braleux
3	16 Nov 1916		C46		Albatros ³	Brie
4	23 Nov 1916		C46		Aviatik ⁴
5	14 Apr 1917	1210	C46		EA ²	S of Craonne
6	02 Dec 1917		N88		Two-seater ⁵	S of Ployart

1	Shared with Lt Jean Loste and Soldat Louis Martin; Sgt Combret, Brig Cadot, Lt Barbou
2	Shared with Capt Didier Lecour Grandmaison, MdL Marie Vitalis
3	Shared with S/Lt Jean Loste, MdL Marie Vitalis
4	Shared with S/Lt Barbie, Adj Mazeron
5	Shared with S/Lt Lufbery, Sgt Vidal, Brig Wurtz, Cpl Cadot

Books

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

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