"l'as à la jambe de bois" (the ace with the wooden leg)
Born
8 December 1882 Le Thor, France
Died
11 June 1977(1977-06-11) (aged 94)
Service/branch
Infantry; aviation
Rank
Lieutenant (later Colonel)
Unit
Escadrille 31 Escadrille 3 Escadrille 62
Awards
Légion d'honneur Médaille militaire Croix de Guerre
Other work
Active in French Resistance during World War II
Colonel Paul Albert Pierre Tarascon (8 December 1882 – 11 June 1977) was a World War I flying ace. Despite the handicap of an amputated foot, he was credited with twelve confirmed and ten probable victories in aerial combat. He also served in World War II.[1]
^Franks, Norman L. R.; Bailey, Frank W. (1992). Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. Grub Street. p. 220. ISBN 0-948817-54-2.
Colonel Paul Albert Pierre Tarascon (8 December 1882 – 11 June 1977) was a World War I flying ace. Despite the handicap of an amputated foot, he was credited...
Tarascon (French pronunciation: [taʁaskɔ̃]; Occitan: Tarascon), sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west...
transatlantic flight since 1923, with his wartime comrade PaulTarascon, another World War I ace. When Tarascon had to drop out because of an injury from a crash...
Violette Szabo (1921–1945), SOE François Tanguy-Prigent (1909–1970) PaulTarascon (1882–1977), World War I flying ace Drue Leyton (1903–1997), also known...
Adrien L. J. Leps Charles J. V. Macé Jean Navarre Charles Nuville PaulTarasconPaul Y. R. Waddington Armond J. Berthelot Jean G. Bouyer Jean Bozon-Verduraz...
six-footed, turtle-shelled tarasque was the form depicted on the city seal of Tarascon around the 15th century, and this held to be the norm in 16th- and 17th-century...
(1888). These, with the three Tartarins - Tartarin de Tarascon, Tartarin sur les Alpes, Port-Tarascon - and the short stories, written for the most part...
including: Roman Catholic churches Europe: Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon in Tarascon, France; United States: St. Martha Catholic Church in Morton Grove...
Charles Borzecki André Louis Bosson François Coli Jean-Paul Favre de Thierrens Charles Quette PaulTarascon Maurice Farman Nieuport SPAD Franks, Norman; Bailey...
The Painter on the Road to Tarascon, also known as Painter on His Way to Work, is a 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that is believed to have been destroyed...
company was revived in 1927, it built a second example specifically for PaulTarascon to make an attempt at the Orteig Prize. The space originally reserved...
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