André Robert Lévy [SEP] conflict
André Robert Lévy
Sergent André Robert Lévy was a French World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Early life.
André Robert Lévy was born in Paris, France on 6 June 1893. He was mobilized for infantry duty at the start of World War I, on 2 September 1914.
Military service.
André Robert Lévy transferred to aviation on 8 October 1916. He qualified as a pilot on 4 March 1917. He was initially assigned to fly a Farman for "Escadrille 29".
-known surgeon, his uncle Robert Debré (who contributed to the creation of UNICEF) was a famous pediatrician, and his great-uncle-in-law, Jacques Hadamard, was a famous mathematician.
During his training at Lycée Louis-le-Grand to enter the École Normale Supérieure, he fell in love with Marie-Hélène Lévy, daughter of the probabilist Paul Lévy who was then teaching at the École polytechnique. Later they would have two children, Marc-André and Claudine. Marie-Hélène was