About Maurice Rousselle
Lived 1895 – 1926 (aged 30). Maurice Rousselle was a French flying ace.
Adjutant Maurice Albert Rousselle (1895–1926) was a French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Biography
Rousselle was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France on 6 November 1895.
Rouselle began his military service in the early days of the First World War, on 19 December 1914. He was awarded his Military Pilot's Brevet on 21 December 1915. Posted to Escadrille N.81 on 8 December 1917, he would go on to shoot down four German observation balloons and an airplane during 1918. His valor was rewarded with the Médaille Militaire and the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 (France) with five palms.
Rousselle died in Paris on 9 January 1926.
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French World War I flying ace
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Maurice Rousselle was born on 6 November 1895 in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais.
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Maurice Rousselle died on 9 January 1926 in Paris.
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Maurice Rousselle was a flying ace.
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Maurice Rousselle was French.
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