Charles Jean Vincent Macé

Name:

Country:

France

Rank:

Adjudant

Service:

French Air Service

Units:

Spa90

Victories:

Born:

05 April 1898

Place of Birth:

Pau

Died:

07 June 1919

Place of Death:

Haguenau

Mace joined the army on 21 October 1915. On 22 July 1917, he transferred from an artillery regiment to the French Air Service. After receiving a Pilot's Brevet, he was assigned to Spa90 and downed 4 enemy aircraft and 8 balloons by the end of the war.

Médaille Militaire

"Self-sacrificing, audacious, and unselfish pilot who is an excellent example to all. He has returned sixteen times with his clothes and aircraft shot through by enemy fire. He has destroyed two planes and one balloon. On 22 September [1918], he reported two new victories by flaming two enemy observation balloons. Four citations." Médaille Militaire citation

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	27 Mar 1918	1710	Spa90		EA ¹	Lagarde-Parroy
2	27 Mar 1918		Spa90		EA ¹	Lagarde-Parroy
3	14 Aug 1918	0630	Spa90		Two-seater ²	Luneville
4	15 Sep 1918	0700	Spa90		Balloon ³	Geline
5	22 Sep 1918	1004	Spa90		Balloon	Geline
6	22 Sep 1918	1007	Spa90		Balloon	Juvelize
7	10 Oct 1918	1610	Spa90		Balloon ⁴	Geline
8	18 Oct 1918	1415	Spa90		Balloon ³	Omeray
9	18 Oct 1918	1420	Spa90		Balloon ⁵	Avricourt
10	22 Oct 1918	0900	Spa90		Balloon ⁶	Goin
11	22 Oct 1918	0905	Spa90		Balloon ⁷	Geline
12	28 Oct 1918	1000	Spa90		Hannover CL ⁴	N of Champenoux

1	Shared with Adj Laurent Ruamps, Sgt Maurice Bizot
2	Shared with S/Lt Lemarie, S/Lt Bordes
3	Shared with S/Lt Marius Ambrogi
4	Shared with Adj Jean Pezon
5	Shared with S/Lt Marius Ambrogi, Sgt Auzurat
6	Shared with Lt Dencausse
7	Shared with S/Lt Bordes

Books

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