Allegiance France Rank Capitaine | Service/branch Aviation Name Raoul Echard | |
Unit Escadrille 26, Escadrille 82, Escadrille 22 Died September 7, 1922, Bodio, Switzerland Awards Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre | ||
Capitaine Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
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 Legion 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.
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.
List of aerial victories
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I