Charles Mace

Name: Charles Jean Vincent Mace
Country: France
Rank: Adjudant
Service: French Air Service
Units: Spa90
Victories: 12
Date Of Birth: April 5, 1898
Place of Birth: Pau
Date Of Death: June 7, 1919
Place of Death: Haguenau

Mace joined the army on October 21, 1915. On July 22 1917, he transferred from an artillery regiment to the French Air Service. After flight training he received a Pilot's Brevet, and was assigned to Spa90 where he credited for shooting down four enemy aircraft and eight balloons by the war's end.

Médaille Militaire
"Self-sacrificing, audacious, and unselfish pilot who is an excellent example to all. He has returned sixteen times with his clothes and aircraft shot through by enemy fire. He has destroyed two planes and one balloon. On September 22, 1918, he reported two new victories by flaming two enemy observation balloons. Four citations." Médaille Militaire citation