Robert de Bonnefoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French flying ace
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Place of Birth: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Robert de Bonnefoy
- Sous Lieutenant Joseph Denis Bernard Robert de Bonnefoy (1894–1946) was a French World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.De Bonnefoy was a pre-war cavalryman who volunteered for aviation as soon as the war began.
- His first flying assignment was to Escadrille 101 to pilot a Voisin.
- He was removed from the front for a spell as an instructor, then successively assigned to two Nieuport squadrons, Escadrilles 68 and 65.
- He scored his first aerial victory on 2 July 1916, and gradually accumulated five by 5 November 1916.
- In 1917, he transferred yet again, to Escadrille 84, and closed out his string with his seventh win on 21 August 1917.
- The much traveled ace would be temporarily withdrawn for a rest, then assigned to Escadrilles 15 and 31 before ending the war in 23.De Bonnefoy remained in the military after the war.
- He married Alice Louise Millevoye 6 March 1918 in Lyon.
- He became an Officer of the Légion d'honneur.
- He died of hypothermia after swimming in the river Ain.
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