Charles Revol-Tissot

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Charles Alfred Revol-Tissot was born on 2 June 1892 in Paris.[2]

His youthful interest in aviation led him to learn to fly; he received Civil Pilot's Licence No. 1248 on 1 March 1913. When World War I began the following year, he ended up as a pilot in Escadrille BL.3. He was awarded the Médaille Militaire on 15 June 1915.[2]

In 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille N.38 as a Nieuport fighter pilot. He survived a mid-air collision. Then he was transferred to the Eastern Front to fly against the Russians and Romanians. By early 1917, he had returned to Escadrille N.38, as he scored his fifth and final victory with them on 15 February. He is also credited with four prior victories during 1916, though details are unknown. After he became a flying ace, he was awarded the Legion d'honneur.[2]

Charles Alfred Revol-Tissot died on 13 July 1971, location unknown.[2]

• Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
  

"Adjudant pilot, energetic and adroit, he knows that by his example of ardor and courage, the young pilots of his Escadrille will follow him. On 15 February 1917, he downed a German plane which crashed to the ground behind our lines."[1][2]

• Médaille Militaire
  

"Sergent pilot of the Army Air Service; pilot of the first order, courageous to the point of rashness, very close and very sure. Demonstrated his qualitites of courage and sang-froid on 26 March when, during a reconnaissance, his plane was very heavily fired upon and was hit several places by shrapnel, but he did not waver for an instant from the mission entrusted him. He particularly distinguished himself in the cooperation of his Escadrille during the operations of 5, 6 and 7 June."[1][2]

• Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street Publishing.