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WW1 Ace - Olivier Freiherr Von Beaulieu-Marconnay
WW1 Ace - Olivier Freiherr Von Beaulieu-Marconnay
2 Aerial Service
He then transferred to the German air service in 1917
and by November had qualied as a pilot. On 1 December 1917 he was assigned to Jagdstael 18. He paid tribute to the 4th Prussian Dragoons by having a personal
insignia painted on all his planes consisting of a numeral
4 merged with a capital letter D. His planes also featured
a blue fuselage, yellow wheel covers, and nose painted
yellow back to the cockpit. Beaulieu-Marconnay served
with Jasta 18 without success until his transfer to Josef
Veltjens' Jagdstael 15 on 20 March 1918.[2]
Jasta 15 had recently received the new SiemensSchuckert D.III ghters, and were limited to defensive
operations, as they had orders forbidding ights over enemy lines lest one of the new planes fall into Allied
hands. However, on 28 May 1918, a formation of French
Dorand AR.2s were reported over German held territory. The jasta scrambled to intercept and BeaulieuMarconnay scored his rst victory.[3]
On October 18, in the confusion of a dogght, BeaulieuMarconnay was seriously wounded in the thigh, possibly
as a result of 'friendly re' from a fellow German pilot[2]
from Jagdstael 74. He managed to regain his home
aireld and land safely, and was rushed to the hospital,
bleeding freely and in very critical condition.
Berlin.[1][6]
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References
Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell.
Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the
German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 19141918. Grub Street, 1993.
ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
VanWyngarden,
Greg;
Dempsey,
Harry.
Jagdgeschwader Nr II: Geschwader Berthold.
Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-727-1,
ISBN 978-1-84176-727-7.
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