Ernest Maunoury

Ernest Joseph Jules Maunoury
Born 20 November 1894
Saint-Clair-de-Halouze
Died 21 September 1921(1921-09-21) (aged 26)
Cazaux
Allegiance France
Service/branch Infantry; aviation
Rank Sous lieutenant
Unit 24e Regiment d'Infanterie, Escadrille 64, Escadrille 16, Escadrille 152
Awards Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and one étoile de vermeil, twice Mentioned in Dispatches

Sous Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Jules Maunoury was a French flying ace during World War I. He was credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories.

World War I

Manoury joined the French military on 7 September 1914, being assigned to the 24e Regiment d'Infanterie. On 19 February 1915, he was promoted to Sergeant; not quite a year later, on 16 February 1916, he was mentioned in his brigade's orders. He was seriously wounded in action and offered the opportunity to transfer out of combat; however, he elected to volunteer for aviation duty. On 2 June 1916, he transferred to flying service. His first assignment was to Escadrille 64 as a gunner/observer. On 26 September 1916, he downed a Fokker; this initial victory gained him another mention in dispatches, on 7 October.[1]

On 27 January 1917, he was transferred to Escadrille 16. He began pilot's training at Dijon on 20 March 1917, and was granted his Military Pilot's Brevet on 7 June 1917. He then joined a brand new squadron, Escadrille 152, as a Spad pilot. On 30 June 1918, he scored his second victory, destroying a German observation balloon. On 20 July, he shared a double win with Del Vial. Then he began a string of seven consecutive victories shared with premium balloon buster Léon Bourjade. Double victories on 15 September and 1 October 1918 brought his tally to eight enemy observation balloons destroyed, along with two German reconnaissance planes and a Fokker.[2]

Postwar

He lost a wing while flying over Cazaux on 21 September 1921. The subsequent impact was fatal.[1]

References

Endnotes

  1. 1 2 Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. p. 193.
  2. Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. p. 193194.


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