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Joseph-Henri Guiguet

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Joseph-Henri Guiguet
Born10 March 1891
Veyrins-Thuellin, France
Died28 October 1979(1979-10-28) (aged 88)
AllegianceFrance
Service / branchFlying service
RankSous lieutenant
Unit94 CRP,
HF1,
Escadrille 95,
Escadrille 3,
Escadrille 167
AwardsLégion d'honneur,
Médaille militaire,
Croix de Guerre

Sous Lieutenant Joseph-Henri Guiguet (10 March 1891 – 28 October 1979) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1]

Guiguet was one of the earliest balloon busters, destroying one for his first victory on 22 May 1916; at the time, he was flying a Nieuport for Escadrille 95. After three more victories over enemy airplanes while piloting a Nieuport with Escadrille 3, he was wounded on 23 May 1917. Finally, over a year later, when he was in Escadrille 167, he shared a victory with Bernard Barny de Romanet and became an ace.[2][3]

Sources of information

  1. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/guiguet.php Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  2. ^ SPAD XII/XIII aces of World War I. p. 20.
  3. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/guiguet.php Retrieved on 2 May 2010.

References

SPAD XII/XIII aces of World War I. Jon Guttman. Osprey Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1841763160, 9781841763163.