Allegiance France Died October 5, 1985 Name Fernand Chavannes | Rank Sous lieutenant Service/branch Aviation Unit Escadrille | |
Born April 16, 1897Paris, France ( 1897-04-16 ) Awards Legion of Honour, Medaille militaire, Croix de Guerre | ||
Sous Lieutenant Fernand Henri Chavannes was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Chavannes was the son of renowned sinologist and Chinese scholar Édouard Chavannes.
Chavannes and his friend Lionel de Marmier were chosen to share a new "cannon Spad", the SPAD XII, when it came out in mid-1917. The letters "M" and "C", representing their last names, were intertwined in paint on the side of its fuselage.
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