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Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith. Added: Aug 24, 2007. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 21135013. Source citation. World War I Ace. In 1914, at age 20, he joined the French Aviation Service as an apprentice mechanic at Pau Airfield. After successful flight training, he was assigned to Escadrille MS3, Vauciennes and acquired his Morane type ...
- December 24, 1894
Georges Guynemer (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ ɡinmɛːʁ], 24 December 1894 – 11 September 1917 MIA) was the second highest-scoring French fighter ace with 54 victories during World War I, and a French national hero at the time of his death. Guynemer's death was a profound shock to France.
- Escadrille N.3, MS 3, Spa3
- Capitaine
- 1914–1917
- French Air Service
Sep 12, 2014 · Posted on September 12, 2014 by Magicfingers. Passing through Poelkapelle, heading for home after a long day tracing the old front lines south from Nieuwpoort down to Dixmuide*, Baldrick was persuaded to make one final stop, at this fine memorial to the French airman Georges Guynemer. *More, much more, of this at a later date.
Langemark is the site of a large military cemetery in remembrance to 44,500 German soldiers. In the centre of Poelkapelle stands the monument dedicated to the France "Ace of Aces" Captain Georges Guynemer, one of the most victorious pilots of World War I. Between June 1915 and September 1917, he won 53 victories in air combat, the final five ...
Mar 17, 2017 · Georges Guynemer - Becoming an Ace: Transitioning to the Nieuport 10 and then the Nieuport 11, Guynemer continued to have success and became an ace on February 3, 1916, when he downed two German aircraft. Dubbing his aircraft Le Vieux Charles (Old Charles) in reference to a well-liked former member of the squadron, Guynemer was wounded in the ...
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Georges-Marie Guynemer (born Dec. 24, 1894, Paris, France—died Sept. 11, 1917, near Poelcapelle, Belg.) was one of the most renowned combat pilots of World War I and France’s first great fighter ace. Guynemer was educated at the Lycée Stanislas and developed an early interest in aeronautics. Nevertheless, on the outbreak of World War I he ...
Georges Marie Guynemer was born in Paris on 24 November 1894. At the outbreak of war, he tried to join the infantry, then the cavalry, but on both occasions he was refused due to his weak physical constitution. He was finally accepted into the Air Force and gained his pilot's licence in March 1915.
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