Raoul Echard

Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard
Born 28 September 1883
Rouen, France
Died 7 September 1922
Bodio
Allegiance France
Service/branch Aviation
Rank Capitaine
Unit Escadrille 26, Escadrille 82, Escadrille 22
Awards Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

Capitaine Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.[1]

He was born at Rouen, France on 28 September 1883. He received the Legion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his valor. The award citation of his Légion d'honneur mentions :

"An energetic officer, audacious and skillful pilot. In less than a month, by his courage and combat techniques, and by the example he gives each day to everyone, he made a newly formed young escadrille into a highly efficient unit. On 3 May 1917, he downed his third enemy plane in our lines. Cited twice in orders.[1]

He died 1922 in an Air meeting starting from Zurich. After two steps of the "circuit des Alpes", his Spad crashed in a wood near Bodio where he was found dead.[2]

List of aerial victories[1]

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes
1 18 March 1917 German two-seater Destroyed west of Altkirch
2 1 May 1917 EA Destroyed
3 3 May 1917 EA Destroyed Moosch Victory shared with François de Boigne
4 5 May 1917 EA Destroyed
5 18 March 1918 EA Destroyed Asiago
6 14 June 1918 Fokker Dr.I Destroyed Cernay-les-Reims, France
7 25 August 1918 Balloon Destroyed Concevreux, France

Sources of information

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/echard.php
  2. ↑ http://www.notrehistoire.ch/article/view/206/ La mort de Raoul Echard

References


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