Alexandre Buisson

Alexandre Buisson
Born 17 September 1886
Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died 1939
Allegiance France
Service/branch Hussars, then flying service
Rank Adjutant
Unit 8th Hussar Regiment, F29, R240
Awards Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre

Adjutant Alexandre Buisson was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1]

Honors and awards

He got a Médaille militaire: "Adjudant machine-gunner on an aeroplane. Non-commissioned officer gunner of the highest military spirit, carried out daily delicate protection missions during the course of which he had numerous combats, gaining the admiration of his superiors by his modest courage and remarkable calm, and the precision of his fire. On 3 November 1918, at the end of a protection mission, noticing an enemy convoy, he strafed it as his pilot flew along the enemy lines. Attacked by a patrol of ten planes, he sustained a severe and unequal fight, permitting his pilot to disengage and succeeded in downing two of his adversaries, one in flames and the other crashed to the earth. Three citations, five planes downed."[1]

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