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Jean Marie Dominique Navarre (8 August 1895 – 10 July 1919) was a French aviator during World War I. As one of the pioneer flying aces , he was credited with twelve confirmed aerial victories and fifteen unconfirmed ones.
- French Army
- Sous lieutenant
- 1914–1919
Aug 18, 2017 · One of the very first fighter aces, Jean Navarre terrorized the skies over France by day and the streets of Paris by night. To French infantrymen in Verdun’s trenches early in 1916, cow- ering under German artillery, machine guns, flamethrowers and gas attacks, the appearance of a bright red airplane over- head symbolized salvation rather than defeat.
- Don Hollway
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Rather than toss the young aviator in jail, they just decanted him back at his base in time for the dawn patrol. On the morning of April 1, 1915, Navarre went up with Sub-Lieutenant Jean Robert as his observer. When they met a German Aviatik B.I over Merval, Robert broke out a carbine.
Following the armistice of November 1918 Navarre, by now intent upon a career in civil aviation, was chosen in 1919 to fly through the Arc de Triomphe in a celebratory event planned for the same year. The recipient of both the Medaille Militaire and the Legion d'Honneur he was killed in an accident while practicing for the occasion on 10 July.
One pilot who took this message to heart was the so-called ‘Sentinelle de Verdun’, Lieutenant Jean Navarre (MF8/MS12/N67). He had been unruly even as a boy, and many commanding officers found him hard to handle, but his flying skills made up for a lot. ‘Navarre was a phenomenon in the air, a real prodigy,’ recalled his CO in N67 ...
Aug 8, 2012 · Jean Navarre, the “Guardian of Verdun”, who would perish while practicing for the flight, photographed three years earlier in the Spring of 1916 at Issy-les-Moulinaux with his Nieuport XI, N° 868. Photo Credit: From the family of André Navarre. Disaster at Villacoublay
Jan 1, 2010 · With aviation's rapid growth in the Great War came air combat and the beginning of fighter aviation. Jean Navarre became the archetypal fighter pilot, the first French ace of aces, who, together with other brave airmen, created fighter aviation. They were a legend in their own time, and this is their story. Format 8.5" by 11" page size.
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- Jim Wilberg
