The Disappearance of Georges Guynemer: What Exactly Happened?

[TomVrille]

Originally Posted by Dan_San_Abbott

J.R.
I distinctly remember reading somewhere that the Germans had found him at the crash site and while searching his body, they found his identity card and were able to identify his body???

There is a photo of Guynemer's Carte d Identité de Pilote d Avion No. 909, as it appeared in the Berlin publication Die Woche of 6 October 1917, in Jacques Mortane's book Guynemer The Ace of Aces. The rather uncomplimentary caption of this photo is strangely reminiscent of the charges often leveled against MvR, that he picked on solitary two-seaters, and had little stomach for maneuvering fights against targets that could give a good account of themselves. Yet another example of wartime propaganda!