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 GEORGES GUYNEMER

Another look at a famous Allied ace from WWI.
Georges Guynemer was born in France on 24th December 1894, on the outbreak of the WWI he joined the French Air Service.
At Verdun he was shot down and severely wounded but he recovered and returned to the Western Front during the summer of 1916. Flying a Nieuport II at the Battle of the Somme he established himself as France's most outstanding pilot.
Guynemer achieved 53 victories before being shot down and killed on 11th September, 1917.
(2) Citation, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (24 December 1915)
Pilot of great gallantry, a model of devotion to duty and courage. During the course of the past six months he (Georges Guynemer) has fulfilled two missions of a special nature requiring the highest spirit of self-sacrifice, and has engaged in thirteen aerial combats, of which two ended in the destruction in flames of the enemy aircraft
(3) Citation, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (11 June 1917)
Officer of the elite, a fighting pilot as skilful as he is audacious, he (Georges Guynemer) has rendered brilliant service to his country, as much by the number of his victories, as by his daily keenness and ever-growing mastery. Heedless of danger he has become for the enemy, by the sureness of his methods and by the precision of his maneuvers, the most redoubtable adversary of all. On 25 May 1917, he accomplished one of his most brilliant exploits in downing, in one minute, two enemy planes and reporting in the same day two other victories. By all his exploits he contributes to the excitement, courage and enthusiasm of those who, in the trenches, are witnesses to his triumphs. Forty five planes downed, twenty citations, two wounds.

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