Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay

Name:

Olivier "Bauli" Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Leutnant

Units:

Jasta 15, 18, 19

Victories:

Born:

14 September 1898

Place of Birth:

Charlottenburg, Germany

Died:

26 October 1918

Place of Death:

Arlon, Belgium

Cemetery:

Invalidenfriedhof, Scharnhorststraße, Berlin, Germany

The son of a Prussian army officer, Beaulieu-Marconnay was a 16 year old high school student when the war began. A year later, he was a Leutnant in the 4th Prussian Dragoon Regiment wearing the Iron Cross, first class. "Bauli" eventually transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte, scoring his first victory by the end of May 1918. Shortly before his 20^th birthday, he was given command of Jasta 19. Wounded in action on 4 October 1918, he remained with his unit, scoring two more victories before he was critically wounded in combat on 18 October 1918. Before he died at a military hospital in Arlon, Belgium, Beaulieu-Marconnay was awarded the Blue Max. He was the youngest recipient of the war to receive Prussian's highest military honor.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	28 May 1918	1115	Jasta 15		AR2	Soissons
2	06 Jun 1918	1105	Jasta 15		D.H.4	Assainvillers
3	06 Jun 1918	1950	Jasta 15		S.E.5a	SW of Montdidier
4	07 Jun 1918	1150	Jasta 15		Sopwith Camel	S of Noyon
5	11 Jun 1918	1510	Jasta 15		Sopwith Camel	Méry
6	12 Jun 1918	1315	Jasta 15		Sopwith Camel	NE of Rémy
7	16 Jun 1918	1200	Jasta 15		D.H.4	Roye
8	18 Jun 1918	1155	Jasta 15		S.E.5a	Villers-Bretonneux
9	09 Aug 1918	1800	Jasta 15		SPAD 2	NW of Tricot
10	09 Aug 1918	1815	Jasta 15		Sopwith Camel (D9589)	N of Beaucourt
u/c	10 Aug 1918		Jasta 15		S.E.5a	Chaulnes
11	11 Aug 1918	1240	Jasta 15		S.E.5a	Gruny
12	16 Aug 1918	1220	Jasta 15		SPAD	SE of Tracy le Val
13	21 Aug 1918	1650	Jasta 15		Bréguet 14	Chauny
14	07 Sep 1918	1325	Jasta 19		Salmson 2A2	NE of Montsec
15	13 Sep 1918	1720	Jasta 19		Bréguet	Charay
16	13 Sep 1918	1930	Jasta 19		SPAD	Jaulny
17	14 Sep 1918		Jasta 19		Bréguet 14	Jonville
u/c	15 Sep 1918		Jasta 19		SPAD XIII	Petry
18	16 Sep 1918	1755	Jasta 19		Bréguet 14	SW of Briey
19	16 Sep 1918		Jasta 19		Bréguet 14	Fleville
u/c	16 Sep 1918		Jasta 19		Bréguet 14
20	23 Sep 1918	1010	Jasta 19		Bréguet 14	Pont-a-Mousson
21	28 Sep 1918	1030	Jasta 19		SPAD XIII	Dannevaux
22	02 Oct 1918	1130	Jasta 19		Bréguet 14	Brabant
23	03 Oct 1918	1630	Jasta 19		SPAD XIII	Liny
24	09 Oct 1918	1730	Jasta 19		SPAD XIII	Crepion
25	10 Oct 1918	1700	Jasta 19		SPAD XIII	Landres

Books

Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey and Russell Guest. Above the Lines: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. London: Grub Street, 1993

Treadwell, Terry C. and Alan C. Wood. German Knights of the Air 1914-1918: The Holders of the Orden Pour le Mérite. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998