Lieutenant Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine Marty was a French World War I

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credited with seven aerial victories.The Aerodrome website page on Mart

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Biography

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Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine Marty was born in

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, France, on 9 February 1894.''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'', pp. 191 - 192 He had a successful career in the cavalry, rising through the enlisted ranks before being confirmed in officer-hood as a '' Sous lieutenant'' on 21 July 1916. On 26 August 1916, he was detached to pilot training at

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. Rather unusually, he earned a Civil Pilot's Brevet on 2 October 1916. Details of his ensuing Military Pilot's Brevet are not known. However, once trained, he was posted to '' Escadrille N.77''. He must have arrived at his new posting before 3 May 1917, as he scored his first aerial victory the day before. He would score two more before he was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 July 1917. Five days later, he was made a ''

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''. He would shoot down two more German airplanes, becoming a

on 17 October 1917. On 5 November 1917, serious injuries from a crash-landing in rugged terrain saw him invalided him out of his squadron. Marty's returned from sick leave on 14 April 1918; he was assigned to '' Escadrille Spa.90''. He shot down two more German planes, on 23 April and 8 June 1918. The next day, 9 June 1918, at 9 AM, Alexandre Marty was killed in action in the vicinity of

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Honors and awards

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"Marty, Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine, lieutenant (Active) of the 21st Regiment of Light Cavalry, pilot of Escadrille N77, pursuit pilot of the first order who demonstrates with each new day his mastery of combat. On 2 May 1917, 28 June 1917 and 3 July 1917, he downed his first three enemy planes. Cited twice in orders." ''Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur'' citation, 2 July 1917 Marty also won the ''

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Sources of information

References

* Norman Franks, Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). ''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'' London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Marty, Alexandre 1894 births 1918 deaths French World War I flying aces French military personnel killed in World War I