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| Name: |
Marcel Pierre Vialet |
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France |
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Sous Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French Air Service |
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C53, N67 |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
21 August 1887 |
| Place of Birth: |
Lyon, France |
| Died: |
21 September 1925 |
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Wounded in action while serving in the cavalry, Marcel Pierre Vialet requested a transfer to aviation in 1915. Receiving a Pilot's Brevet later that year, he was posted to Escadrille C53 as a two-seater pilot. After downing one aircraft and accumulating 376 hours of flight time, he was reassigned to Escadrille N67 in June 1916. Flying single-seat fighters, Vialet scored 8 more victories by the end of the year. |
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| Médaille Militaire |
| "Marechal-des-Logis of the Escadrille C53. A pilot of great value who always shows his courage, audacity and sang-froid. On 28 April 1916, returning from a reconnaissance over German lines, from close in he attacked a German plane which was seen to fall disabled. On 30 April [1916] he resolutely attacked an enemy scout in order to ward it away from an airplane he was protecting. Having had his controls cut, he succeeded after a fall of 2,000 meters to stabilize his plane and save his observer." Médaille Militaire citation, 22 May 1916 |
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| Légion d'Honneur |
| "Marechal-des-Logis pilot of Escadrille N67, wounded twice in the cavalry, requested a transfer to aviation where he has become a pilot of the highest order, of remarkable strength and exceptional audacity. Already has the Médaille Militaire for downing two enemy planes, under particularly difficult circumstances, in March and April 1916; on 6 August [1916] he succeeded during the course of the same flight to down two other German planes sequentially one behind our lines the other near the trenches." Légion d'Honneur citation, 29 August 1916 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
28 Apr 1916 |
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C53 |
Caudron |
Fokker E |
Bois de Caures |
| 2 |
06 Aug 1916 |
0900 |
N67 |
Nieuport |
Aviatik |
Avocourt |
| 3 |
06 Aug 1916 |
0910 |
N67 |
Nieuport |
Aviatik |
Vauquois |
| 4 |
25 Sep 1916 |
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N67 |
Nieuport |
EA |
Ablancourt-Briost |
| 5 |
22 Oct 1916 |
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N67 |
Nieuport |
EA |
Mans-en-Chaussee |
| 6 |
23 Nov 1916 |
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N67 |
Nieuport |
Two-seater |
Nurlu-Moislains |
| 7 |
04 Dec 1916 |
0750 |
N67 |
Nieuport |
Fokker |
Brugny |
| 8 |
18 Dec 1916 |
1445 |
N67 |
Nieuport |
Halberstadt D |
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| 9 |
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N67 |
Nieuport |
EA |
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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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