Ernest
Maunoury
Name: Ernest Joseph
Jules Maunoury
Country: France
Rank: Sous Lieutenant
Service: French Air Service
Units: C64; F16; N152, Spa152
Victories: 11
Date Of Birth: November 20, 1894
Place of Birth: Saint Clair de Halouse
Date Of Death: September 21, 1921
Place of Death: Cazaux
Maunoury joined the army on September 7, 1914. Wounded in action
while serving with the infantry, he transferred to the French Air
Service on June 2, 1916. He scored his first victory as an observer
with Escadrille C64. Reassigned to F16 on January 27, 1917, Maunoury
was selected for pilot training and received a Pilot's Brevet on
June 7, 1917. As a fighting pilot, he joined N152 on September 19,
1917 but did not score any victories until the summer of the
following year. During 1918, he shot down 8 balloons and 2 German
two-seaters.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
"Officer of high moral values. Severely wounded in the infantry
where he was remarkable because of his audacity. He refused an
assignment to auxiliary service and entered aviation at his request
as an observer. After having shot down one enemy plane he was
transferred to pursuit aviation where he has never ceased to
demonstrate the noble qualities of spirit, energy and bravery. On
September 15, 1918, in the course of a patrol, he flamed two enemy
observation balloons. Two wounds, three enemy planes an six balloons
shot down. Four citations." Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
citation, October 9, 1918