Paul Marie Raphael Santelli

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Marechal-des-Logis

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

Spa81

Victories:

Born:

12 February 1898

Place of Birth:

Miramas

Died:

15 January 1928

Place of Death:

Uruguay

After serving in an artillery regiment, Santelli transferred to the French Air Service and received his Pilot's Brevet on 3 October 1917. Posted to Spa81 on 1 February 1918, he downed seven observation balloons during the months of May and July.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	22 May 1918		Spa81		Balloon
2	23 May 1918	0715	Spa81		Balloon ¹	E of Villers-Bretonneux
3	28 May 1918		Spa81		Balloon ²
4	31 May 1918		Spa81		Balloon ¹	NE of Soissons
5	15 Jul 1918		Spa81		Balloon ³	Main de Massiges
6	Jul 1918		Spa81		Balloon
7	Jul 1918		Spa81		Balloon

1	Shared with Lt Adrien Leps
2	Shared with Adj Malfanti
3	Shared with Adj Marcel Dhome, Adj Malfanti, Sgt Boggs

Books

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

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