Antoine Laplasse [SEP] conflict
Antoine Laplasse
Adjutant-Chef Antoine Laplasse was a World War I balloon buster and flying ace credited with eight aerial victories, six of which were against observation balloons.
He was a pioneer aviator who earned his civilian pilot's license on the eve of World War I. As a result, he soon was assigned aviation duty, and defended his country throughout the war. He was killed in action less than three months before war's end.
Early life and service.
Antoine Laplasse was born on 16 May 1883
Henri Condemine
- Mathieu Tenant de la Tour
- Marcel Marc Dhome
- Gustave Douchy
- René Dousinelle
- Georges Lachmann
- Jean Matton
- Henri Albert Péronneau
- Marcel Viallet
8 victories.
- Paul Barbreau
- Dieudonné Costes
- Gilbert de Guingand
- Georges Flachaire
- Jean Alfred Fraissinet
- Jacques Gerard
- Louis Prosper Gros
- Julien Guertiau
- Antoine Laplasse
- André-Henri Martenot de Cordou
- Robert Massenet-Royer de Marancour
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