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Name:
Jean Marie Luc Gilbert Sardier
Country:
France
Rank:
Lieutenant
Service:
French Air Service
Units:
N77; Spa77, Spa48
Victories:
15
Born:
05 May 1897
Place of Birth:
Riom
Died:
07 October 1976
Place of Death:
Clermont-Ferrand
This highly decorated officer joined the French army in 1914. The following year, Sardier transferred to the French Air Service and was breveted as a pilot and observer by the summer of 1916. In July 1918, he was given command of Spa48. Of his fifteen victories, five were balloons.
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 07 Nov 1916
Spa77
EA 1
Vieville-en-Haye
2 03 Jun 1917
0955
Spa77
Balloon 2
Geline
3 04 Jan 1918
Spa77
EA 3
N of Arracourt
4 20 Feb 1918
Spa77
Balloon 2
5 15 May 1918
Spa77
Albatros 4
Montdidier
6 15 May 1918
Spa77
Albatros 5
Montdidier
7
15 May 1918
Spa77
Albatros 5
Montdidier
8 16 May 1918
Spa77
Balloon 6
9 29 May 1918
Spa77
Albatros D.V 2
Ville-en-Tardenois
10 04 Jun 1918
Spa77
Balloon 2
11 04 Jun 1918
Spa77
Balloon 2
12 30 Jun 1918
Spa77
Fokker D.VII 7
Chirmont-Epagny
13 12 Aug 1918
Spa77
Fokker D.VII
Catigny
14 09 Oct 1918
Spa48
Two-seater 8
15 Spa48
EA
1
Shared with S/Lt Georgeot
2
Shared with S/Lt Maurice Boyau
3
Shared with Sgt. Laurent Ruamps
4
Shared with Lt Decoin, Sgt Gelin
5
Shared with Sgt Gelin
6
Shared with Sgt Francois Guerrier
7
Shared with S/Lt Claude Haegelen , MdL Schuster
8
Shared with MdL Denomaision, Sgt Grimoulle
Books
Over the Front by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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