Maurice Balasse
Appearance
Maurice Balasse | |
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Born | 27 June 1914 |
Died | 23 January 1945 | (aged 30)
Allegiance | Belgium United Kingdom |
Service/ | Belgian Army (1934–40) Royal Air Force (1942–45) |
Years of service | 1934–1945 |
Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Arthur Leon Balasse (27 June 1914 – 23 January 1945) was a Belgian military pilot and flying ace who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He shot down six V-1 flying bombs in 1944 before he was shot down and killed over Germany early the following year.[1]
Bibliography
- Besnard, Frédèric (December 1999). "Courrier des Lecteurs" [Readers' Letters]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (81): 2. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Martin, Pierre (September 1999). "Maurice Balasse, un as belge de la chasse aux V-1" [Maurice Balasse, a Belgian V-1 Hunting Ace] (in French) (78): 36–47. ISSN 1243-8650.
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Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1945 deaths
- Belgian Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Royal Air Force officers
- Belgian World War II flying aces
- Aviators killed by being shot down
- Belgian Air Component officers
- Belgian World War II pilots
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II