Marcel Pierre Vialet

Sous lieutenant Marcel Pierre Vialet (21 August 1887–21 September 1925) was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. Postwar, he would serve in the Rif War in Morocco, dying there from an illness.

Early life Marcel Pierre Vialet was born in Lyon, France, on 21 August 1887. Vialet traveled in his youth, but returned home to France as World War I began.

World War I service

Vialet immediately joined the cavalry, but was seriously wounded in late 1914. While in hospital, he applied for a transfer to aviation. On 23 February 1915, he started training; on 12 November, he received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2533. He then served as a test pilot on Caudrons. From there, he was assigned to Escadrille 53, having already logged 376 flight hours. On 28 April 1916, he scored his first win, over a Fokker Eindekker.

In June 1916, he was reassigned to a Nieuport unit, Escadrille N.67. He would run up eight more victories there,

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