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  3. Posted

    September 15 1915

    Savy Aerodrome,Flanders

    A truck swayed and finally stopped in the front of the Officer's mess.

    A lonely officer left out of the car.A group of officers came against the briefcases in their hands.

    A lieutenant shake rookies hand and said:

    -Ah,you are the guy.Keep up the high spirit of Chevalier Escadrona!Sergeant Saumande stay with you .You get familiar with everything.

    Bonne chance,Mon ami!

    The officers and their servants boarded the truck.

     

    Knock Knock!

    -Come in!You must be Sous Lieutenant...

    -Castillac,Henry Castillac,Sir!

    -Exactly.I am Capitaine  Thayne Huillier.As you saw it and hear the few rumour probably,here comes little changes.Two-seater Moranes are put into training use.

    Our whole name change MS15 to N15.

    A series of brand new Nieuport 10's will come in the coming days.

    -Is that type a familiar to you?

    -No,Sir.I have fly only Moranes.There were no others in the training center,Sir.

    -It's nothing.Nieu should be easy plane what i have heard.Well ,here are yet one Parasol.Saumande gets to show the front line,landmarks and so.Dismiss!

    61f46092f136d_HenriCastillac(1).jpg.77d76e37ea281eb88c0d075d170dcb93.jpg  Sous Lieutenant Henry Caspar Castillac,born in Lyon 1897.His parents work as inn keepers.Served voluntary an infantry regiment.Transfered air service at spring 1915.

    16-18 September

    The new scouts arrive here every day.Lorries bring them parts and maintenance staff.

    19 September

    Henri's maiden flight here.

    -Okay,your first and mine last here,Sir!We make turn over the front and try to get out all troubles.No worry!

    Weather was really nice and sunshing.

    The Battle of Artois has began.Artillely barrages were intensive.No sign of EA.

    61f4604a3688d_HenriwithMoraneParasolL.png.4b689fb6f453648f7d037ec8f1c41912.png  Henry an Morane Parasol L.

    Finally home and safe!

    -Farewell,Sir.Shoot the Boches down the sky.

    They shaked hands.

    -I promise that,Sergeant.

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  5. Posted · Edited by Paroni1

    Thank you compassion,Septoombs !

    This is painful time mates!Two pilots,two deaths.I am very near an average WW1 pilots life expectancy.14 days or so...

    Hard to create novellic background when your pilot get killed before he becomes properly acquainted.

    Yet i have to confess one thing:

    During Armand's last flight i have a fever because Covid.

    So i was not the most attentive when flying.Sorry Armand!

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    Sous Lieutenant Armand Bouchant  (KiA 8\30\1915) 2 confirmed,10unconfirmed air victories.

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  9. Posted

    August 27

    Armand's Diary

    New guy arrived:Cpl Roland Wissemann.

    Offensive patrol

    Shot01-20-22-22-52-31.thumb.jpg.ee6a9f1f05af0a7ffde620c0db634513.jpgVery density flak!

    Further back EA which Jean and i shooted down.At least claim but Le Sort want it too!

    28 August

    New arrival:Sgt. Ignace Dauvegne

    Sacre Bleu! All three claim rejected!Propably Schneider and Le Sort get credit neither.

     

    Newspapers:Slt Adolphe Pegaud from MS49 granted title "Chevalier De La Legion D'Honneur".

    Handsome title,have to admit.

     

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    26 August

    We went patrol to the front,when we noticed AA clouds on the left.Boches were bombing Bethune railway station!

    They  immediatly turned home when they saw us approaching.We caught them over the front.50 rounds and first Aviatik went toward the ground!

     

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    First disppeared to the No-Man-Land!

    Second one smashed ruins of Bapaume!

    Two claim,although Schneider claim one of those.Le Sort will witness.

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  14. Posted

    August 23

    Late in the evening

    What a disastrous day!

    It was supposed to be a routine flight and the weather was good.

    A-flight that included Capitaine Fauvre ,Slt Turin and Adj.Schneider take off 30 min. before us.

    As we approached the field we noticed a smoke statue rising from behind it.At first we thought the Boche had bombed our field.

    But as we approached it,we identified it as the wreck of a Morane.We made a quick landing on the field.There was a another Morane which was damaged heavily.

    Turin and Schneider had collided in the air!Turin was smashed to the field and obs.Hilaire was killed instantly.

     Schneider's Morane crashed to the woods and burned.Somehow Schneider survived it but his observer Castelain did not.

    Both pilots wounded badly.

    We had survived many battles so long .

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  17. Posted

    August 12

    Armand's Diary

    Offensive patrol ,Vimy Ridge

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    A battle against Aviatiks.AA was extremely hard.The patrol outing was unfortunate.After struggle we noticed Adjutant Schneider was missing.

    We circled as long as there was fuel left but no sign them.

    Luckily a truck arrived late that night and  Schneider and Saillard arrived okay.They had suffered an engine failure and had to make a forced landing.Fortunately for own side!

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  18. Posted

    August 11

    Armand's Diary

    Back to Bryas again!

    Mission offensive patrol Vimy Ridge again.

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    Near St.Vith we encaged two Aviatiks.We get good position and after 150 rounds,EA make half-split and almost collide us.Pilot hit sure!

    Schneider saw plane smashed near railway station.Le Sort claimed another plane.

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    Mon Dieu! The first confirmed victory! 

    I joked to Jean that she was on a shooting range on vacation.
    His response was that I had probably taken flight lessons!
    
 

     

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  19. Posted

    August

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    My home city Rouen

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    Mama and Papa working in the field.They repeatly asked when the war would end.Their endurance was to the extreme.

    I replied it can take years.Neither side showed any sign of surrender.They said nothing more.

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    I helped those winery work for those few days.

    Some evenings,the wind brought cannon thunder from the east.The front line was frighteningly close.

    I wondered if it came Ypres or Arras.

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    My little brother Louie.I'm glad he is too young for the madness of war!

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  20. Posted 

    Before returning home, I decided to visit my old regiment that had been staying on the outskirts of Paris.

     

     

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    It was a pleasure to meet the former platoon leader.
    He was one of the few acquaintances.
    I was reminded of the cavalry's suicide attacks on German's machine guns.
    Even our Capitaine went in half for a shrapnell hit.
    I got to follow the cavalry exercises and finally there was a parade.
    The show was as handsome as ever,
    but I knew that the days of glory of the cavalry were already gone.

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