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Gabriel
Joseph Thomas
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| Name: |
Gabriel
Joseph Thomas |
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| Country: |
France |
| Rank: |
Sous
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
French
Air Service |
| Units: |
MF98T
N391
Spa88 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
04
January 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Ligre (Indre
et Loire) |
| Died: |
9 october 1976
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| Place of Death: |
Buenos Aires
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| PORTRAIT
Gabriel
Thomas,
de la chasse à la Ligne
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| Wounded in action on 2
September 1918. |
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| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
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| "Officer
of the highest value, an example of courage, tenacity and modesty.
Excellent patrol commander, each day leading his Escadrille pilots in
combat and because of his skill as a predator and his doubtless
bravery, is a marvellous influence on them. On 24 August 1918, he
reported his fifth victory. On 2 September, during the course of a
combat with an enemy two-seater, he was seriously wounded." Chevalier
de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 24 September 1918 |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
12 Apr 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Two-seater
1 |
Coullemeile |
| 2 |
23 Apr 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Two-seater |
Esclainville |
| 3 |
07 Jul 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Fokker
DR.I |
Corcy |
| 4 |
23 Aug 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Two-seater
2 |
N of
Crouy |
| 5 |
24 Aug 1918 |
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Spa88 |
EA 3 |
S of
Fresnes |
| 6 |
23 Oct 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Two-seater |
Bois de
Forges |
| 7 |
28 Oct 1918 |
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Spa88 |
Fokker
D.VII 4 |
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| 1 |
Shared with MdL Quintard |
| 2 |
Shared with Adj François
Delzenne and MdL L Barre |
| 3 |
Shared with Adj François Delzenne and Sgt L
Chacornau |
| 4 |
Shared with 2/Lt Bernard
Artigau |
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PORTRAIT
Gabriel
Thomas,
de la chasse à la Ligne
As
de la Première Guerre mondiale avec sept victoires homologuées,
Gabriel Thomas, né à Ligré, dans le Chinonais, a fait partie
des pionniers de l'Aéropostale puis d'Air France en Amérique
du Sud... par
Didier Lecoq, Aéroplane de Touraine 2005
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