Jean Marie Luc Gilbert Sardier

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

N77; Spa77, Spa48

Victories:

Born:

05 May 1897

Place of Birth:

Riom

Died:

07 October 1976

Place of Death:

Clermont-Ferrand

This highly decorated officer joined the French army in 1914. The following year, Sardier transferred to the French Air Service and was breveted as a pilot and observer by the summer of 1916. In July 1918, he was given command of Spa48. Of his fifteen victories, five were balloons.

Died, age 79, at Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	07 Nov 1916		Spa77		EA ¹	Vieville-en-Haye
2	03 Jun 1917	0955	Spa77		Balloon ²	Geline
3	04 Jan 1918		Spa77		EA ³	N of Arracourt
4	20 Feb 1918		Spa77		Balloon ²
5	15 May 1918		Spa77		Albatros ⁴	Montdidier
6	15 May 1918		Spa77		Albatros ⁵	Montdidier
7	15 May 1918		Spa77		Albatros ⁵	Montdidier
8	16 May 1918		Spa77		Balloon ⁶
9	29 May 1918		Spa77		Albatros D.V ²	Ville-en-Tardenois
10	04 Jun 1918		Spa77		Balloon ²
11	04 Jun 1918		Spa77		Balloon ²
12	30 Jun 1918		Spa77		Fokker D.VII ⁷	Chirmont-Epagny
13	12 Aug 1918		Spa77		Fokker D.VII	Catigny
14	09 Oct 1918		Spa48		Two-seater ⁸
15			Spa48		EA

1	Shared with S/Lt Georgeot
2	Shared with S/Lt Maurice Boyau
3	Shared with Sgt. Laurent Ruamps
4	Shared with Lt Decoin, Sgt Gelin
5	Shared with Sgt Gelin
6	Shared with Sgt Francois Guerrier
7	Shared with S/Lt Claude Haegelen, MdL Schuster
8	Shared with MdL Denomaision, Sgt Grimoulle

Books

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