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[Gooseh]

Escadrille 12

http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/escadrille012.htm

 

 

 

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/h7d86fxu4cya86v/Gooseh-French+Scouts-Escadrille+12.7z/file

Edited March 29, 2024 by Gooseh

[Hien-0_1*]

Hi Gooseh!

Sorry, but your Escadrille 15 download has the Spad13 skins with the Escadrille 12 emblem!!! (a mix-up/swap?) The skins shown are missing?

[Gooseh]

On 3/29/2024 at 3:24 PM, Hien-0_1* said:

Hi Gooseh!

Sorry, but your Escadrille 15 download has the Spad13 skins with the Escadrille 12 emblem!!! (a mix-up/swap?) The skins shown are missing?

 

Oopsie! I have added a link for the Spads in the post for Escadrille 15.

 

Escadrille 12 & 57 ace-Marcel Joseph Maurice Nogues

Nogues was born on 24 January 1895 in Paris. He joined the artillery on 4 September 1914 and fter volunteering for pilot's training, he was detached from the artillery to aviation on 24 January 1916. He gained his Military Pilot's Brevet, No. 3486, on 20 May 1916. He then underwent a series of advanced training assignments, at Dijon, Ambrieu, Avord, Cazau, and Pau.

 

On 26 September 1916, he was posted to Escadrille N12 to fly Nieuport scouts. On 4 March 1917, he shared a victory with Joseph de Sévin. He scored a second time on 12 April. The next day, Nogues was shot down, probably by Albert Dossenbach of Jasta 36, and fell into the enemy's hands. It did not take him long to escape and rejoin his squadron. He was promoted from Maréchal-des-logis to Adjutant on 20 July 1917 and wounded by shrapnel on 13 August 1917.

 

Upon recovery, he was reassigned to Escadrille Spa 57 as a Spad pilot on 12 April 1918. Nogues was credited with downing an Albatros over Assainvillers on 2 May 1918. He steadily accumulated victories through May and June, mostly solo, though he shared one. On 4 July, for his ninth win, he shot down an enemy observation balloon, sharing the win with his wingman; this victory brought him the Légion d'honneur. On 26 September 1918, Nogues became a balloon buster ace, downing his fifth gasbag for his thirteenth victory and final victory.

 

As the war ended, Nogues was transferred to Escadrille 172. Along with his other decorations, he had earned the Croix de Guerre with a minimum of five palmes.

On 5 October 1919, having survived the extreme dangers of WWI aviation, Nogues died after receiving a blow to the larynx during a rugby match. He was 24 years old.

 

I can't find any documentary evidence of any of his planes so I've given him the colours of his native Paris.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/6h7i9cjyt9y8nvy/Gooseh-French+Aces-Nogues.7z/file

Edited March 30, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 12 & 26 ace-Joseph Marie Xavier de Sévin

De Sévin was born on 10 March 1894 in Toulouse, France. His education progressed to military schooling. De Sévin was in the special military school at St. Cyr in 1914 and he volunteered for active military service on 2 September 1914. His first assignment was as an enlisted man in the 14e Regiment d'Infanterie. He then began a series of rapid promotions. On 5 November 1914, he was promoted to Corporal; on 30 November, to Sergeant; on 5 December, he was commissioned a temporary Sous lieutenant.

 

On 15 July 1915, de Sévin reported to Pau for pilot's training. On 19 October 1915, he was awarded Pilot's Brevet No. 1804. On 11 November, he was assigned to Escadrille N12 to pilot both single-seat and two-seat Nieuports. He was confirmed in his commission on 27 December 1915. 

 

He would not score his first aerial victory until 11 July 1916. His second was eight months later, when he shared a claim with Marcel Nogues on 4 March 1917. He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 19 April 1917. On 11 May, he teamed with Alfred Auger for a third win, over a two-seater. On 19 June, he shared a victory with Jacques Ortoli and Jean Chaput. By 30 September, his string was up to six, with five of the wins shared. On 25 December, he was given command of Escadrille Spa26, accompanied by a promotion to lieutenant. He tallied up another six wins between 20 January 1918 and 24 October 1918, including one shared with Andre Dubonnet. During this stretch, he was appointed temporary Captain on 2 March 1918, and confirmed in the rank on 28 June. He finished the war with 12 victories.

 

De Sévin continued in service after the war, becoming a professional soldier. At some point, de Sévin served in Morocco, at Istres; he also was the French Air Attaché in Bucharest.

 

He commanded a flying school during World War II, and was in North Africa in 1943. On 25 September 1944, He capped off his professional career by being promoted to General de Division Aerienne and raised to Grand Officer de la Légion d'honneur.

 

He died on 7 November 1963, aged 69.

 

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/xmi5hp8aipneo4i/Gooseh-French+Aces-DeSevin.7z/file

Edited March 30, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 3 ace-Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer 

Guynemer was born in Paris to a wealthy and aristocratic family. His father was Paul Guynemer. His mother, Julie Noémi Doynel de Saint-Quentin's ancestry included King Louis XIV. Guynemer experienced an often sickly childhood. Nevertheless, he succeeded as an aviator through his enormous drive and self-confidence. He was originally rejected five times for military service due to frailty, but was accepted for training as a mechanic in late 1914. With determination, he gained acceptance to pilot training, joining Escadrille MS.3 on 8 June 1915. He remained in the same unit for his entire service. The first plane allocated to him was a Morane-Saulnier L monoplane previously flown by Charles Bonnard, and accordingly named Vieux Charles (Old Charles). Guynemer kept the name and continued to use it for most of his later aircraft. On 19 July 1915, he shot down his first plane, a German Aviatik.

 

On 5 December 1915, the Escadrille MS.3 was renamed the Escadrille N.3, after being re-equipped with new Nieuport 10 fighters. Flying the more effective plane, Guynemer quickly established himself as one of France's premier fighter pilots. He became an ace, with his fifth victory coming in February 1916, and was promoted to lieutenant in March. On 12 March 1916 he scored his 8th victory. At the end of the year, his score had risen to 25. Capitaine Brocard, commander of Escadrille N.3, described Guynemer at that time as "...my most brilliant Stork." Less than a year later, Guynemer was promoted to captain and commander of the Storks squadron.

 

Guynemer became influential enough to affect French fighter aircraft design. In December 1916, he wrote a letter to the chief designer at Spad, criticizing the Spad VII as inferior to the German Halberstadt that was its contemporary. As a consequence, Spad developed two new but very similar models, the SPAD XII and SPAD XIII. The new models were promising, but had teething problems with the reduction gear between engine and propeller.

 

On 23 January 1917 Guynemer scored a "double" credit of victories 26 and 27, first shooting down an Albatros C piloted by Captain Martin Korner, who was killed, followed by a Rumpler C I of FAA 216 piloted by Lt. Bernhard Röder and his observer Lt. Otto von Schanzenbach who were both killed. On 26 January 1917 Guynemer forced down an Albatros C.VII of FAA 226 whose crew was captured for his 30th credit. On 8 February 1917, flying a SPAD VII, Guynemer became the first Allied pilot to shoot down a German Gotha bomber, his 31st victory. On 16 March 1917 he brought down his 32nd, a Roland D.II of Jasta 32 whose pilot was captured. On 14 April 1917 he downed his 36th credit, by killing a crew from FAA 254. His highest scoring month was May 1917, when he downed seven German aircraft including a quadruple score on 25 May. By July, he began to fly the Spad XII; armed, at his behest, with a 37 mm cannon firing through the propeller shaft. It was also armed with a 7.62 mm air-cooled Vickers machine gun. 

 

Although the cannon promised devastating firepower, the new plane was a handful because of it, as the cannon's rearwards-protruding breech mandated separate aileron and elevator controls split from each other on opposing sides of the cockpit. The single shot cannon had to also be manually reloaded in flight; it had a heavy recoil when fired and filled the canopy with fumes with every shot. The Spad XII was not a plane for a novice pilot. However, Guynemer used it to down an Albatros fighter on 27 July, and a DFW the next day. The latter triumph made him the first French ace to attain 50 victories, with headlines such as "Fifty machines destroyed! This had been Guynemer's dream!" written in the newspapers.

 

Guynemer failed to return from a combat mission on 11 September 1917. The previous week had been one of mechanical ills, in both his assigned aircraft and the ones he borrowed. At 08:30, with rookie pilot Jean Bozon-Verduraz, Guynemer took off in his Spad XIII S.504 n°2. His mission was to patrol the Langemark area. At 09:25, near Poelkapelle, Guynemer sighted a lone Rumpler, a German observation plane, and dove toward it. Bozon-Verduraz saw several Fokkers above him, and by the time he had shaken them off, his leader was nowhere in sight, so he returned alone. Guynemer never came back.

 

Guynemer was confirmed missing in action by his squadron commander Major Brocard; it was officially announced in Paris by the French War Department on 25 September 1917. Unofficial confirmation came from a captured German pilot who was shot down behind Canadian lines the evening of 29 September. A German sergeant from the 413th Regiment swore he had witnessed the crash and identified Guynemer's corpse; he also certified that he had died from a bullet through the head, with other injuries including a broken leg and a finger shot away. The German party retrieving the body was driven away by Allied artillery fire before they could bury or remove the body and it's believed Guynemer's body and plane was lost forever in the Flanders mud. The 25 September details released by the French War Department were unclassified and became public knowledge as described by one of his flying comrades:

 

Guynemer sighted five machines of the Albatros type D-3. Without hesitation, he bore down on them. At that moment enemy patrolling machines, soaring at a great height, appeared suddenly and fell upon Guynemer. There were forty enemy machines in the air at this time, including Baron von Richthofen and his circus division of machines, painted in diagonal blue and white stripes. Toward Guynemer's right some Belgian machines hove in sight, but it was too late. Guynemer must have been hit. His machine dropped gently toward the Earth, and I lost track of it. All that I can say is that the machine was not on fire.

 

Additional details were furnished by Major Brocard, as listed in an article from the Paris Le Matin:

The last fight of the French aviator occurred four or five miles inside the German lines northeast of Ypres and opposite the British lines. Captain Guynemer was accompanied by Lieutenant Bozon Verduraz, who says that they were flying at a height of 15,000 feet when Guynemer sighted an enemy two-seater, which he attacked. Almost at the same moment Verduraz saw four German monoplanes approaching and turned toward them instantly so as to draw them off. They circled around for a while and then disappeared. Verduraz then returned to the place where he had left Guynemer engaged with the German biplane, but Guynemer had vanished.

 

The two-seater, described as a Rumpler type by Bozon-Verduraz, has never been identified, but recent research shows that it could have been a machine flown by Lt. d. R. Max Psaar (observer) and Fl. Georg Seibert (pilot) from FAA 224. German ace Kurt Wissemann of Jasta 3 was credited with the victory. Wissemann would himself be killed in action little more than two weeks later on 28 September 1917.

 

According to an American Red Cross communique from the French front, the death of Guynemer was determined to be "definitely confirmed". This Red Cross report provided these details:

Information received by the Red Cross says Guynemer was shot through the head north of Poelcapelle, on the Ypres front. His body was identified by a photograph on his pilot's license found in his pocket. The burial took place at Brussels in the presence of a guard of honours, composed of the 5th Prussian Division. Such is the story told by a Belgian, who has just escaped from the Germans. The burial was about to take place at Poelcapelle, when the bombardment preceding the British attack at Ypres started. The burying party hastily withdrew, taking the body with them. The German General chanced to be an aviation enthusiast with a great admiration for Captain Guynemer's achievements. At his direction the body was taken to Brussels in a special funeral car. Thither the captain was carried by non-commissioned officers and was covered with floral tributes from German aviators. The Prussian Guards stood at salute upon its arrival and during the burial, which was given all possible military honours. The French Government has been invited to place in the Pantheon, where many great Frenchmen are buried, an inscription to perpetuate the memory of Captain Guynemer as 'a symbol of the aspirations and enthusiasm of the Army.' A resolution to this effect has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Lasies.

 

He was 22 years old and had 54 victories at the time of his death.

 

Guynemer was lionized by the French press and became a national hero. The French government encouraged the publicity to boost morale and take the people's minds off the terrible losses in the trenches. Guynemer was embarrassed by the attention, but his shyness only increased the public's appetite to know everything about him. This was quite different later in 1918 with the French top ace René Fonck, who despite having 75 confirmed victories, had bad publicity for his arrogance and shameless self-promotion.

 

Guynemer's death was a profound shock to France; nevertheless, he remained an icon for the duration of the war. He continued to inspire the nation with his advice, "Until one has given all, one has given nothing."

 

 

 

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/je9r0kbagsi48p5/Gooseh-French+Aces-Guynemer.7z/file

Edited April 29, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 73 & 3 ace-Frank Leaman Baylies

A Massachusetts native, Baylies volunteered for the Ambulance Corps in May 1916 and originally saw service on the Western Front and in Serbia and Salonika. In March 1917, he was awarded a Croix de Guerre for evacuating the wounded under fire. After being given a joy ride by a French aviator, he volunteered for aviation training. He was rejected by the American air service because of substandard vision so he joined French aviation instead, in May 1917. It turned out he had a natural flair for piloting.

 

His initial posting, on November 17, 1917, was to Escadrille 73 as a Corporal; he was the 13th member of the squadron, and was assigned airplane number 13. As Baylies wrote home: "Cannot afford to be superstitious." A month later, he was reassigned to Escadrille 3 - 'Les Cigognes'. Beginning on February 19, 1918, and stretching to 31 May, he scored a dozen victories, two of which were shared with André Dubonnet. He also survived being shot down on March 28; after landing in no man's land, he rescued the altimeter and watch from the wreckage and outran a detachment of German infantry to the nearby French trenches.

 

Then came a spectacular performance on 9 May. It was sparked by a disagreement between René Fonck on one hand, and Baylies and his friend Edwin C. Parsons on the other. Although Fonck's three dozen victories spoke for themselves, the American duo believed that his attitudes in his actual speech was atrocious. Perturbed by Fonck's highhanded lectures on aerial success, the two Americans bet Fonck a bottle of champagne that one of them would shoot down an enemy plane before Fonck.

 

Baylies took off despite hazy weather and shot down a Halberstadt CL.II. Back at the airfield, rather than pay off the bet, a sulky Fonck badgered the Americans to change the terms of the bet to whoever shot down the most Germans that day would win. Lingering fog kept Fonck grounded most of the day. It was well into the afternoon before it cleared enough for him to take off at 1500 hours. Between 1600 and 1605 hours, he shot down three enemy two-seater reconnaissance planes. A couple of hours later, he repeated the feat. Understanding the importance of reconnaissance planes, with their potential to direct intensive artillery fire onto French troops, Fonck concentrated his attentions upon them; six shot down within a three-hour span proved it.

 

Baylies eventually accepted a U. S. commission, but never left his assignment with the French. He was killed in action dogfighting Fokker Triplanes from Jasta 19 on 17 June 1918. Baylies and his wingmen tried to join a formation of rotary engine fighters in the belief they were British Sopwiths. At the last moment, he realised they were Fokker Dr.I triplanes; he stood his SPAD XII on a wingtip and turned away.

 

Three of the Germans dived on him. He looped in behind one, but the fourth Fokker in turn dove on him and shot him down. One wingman, André Dubonnet, went down in the same engagement but survived while François Macari just managed to escape. German ace Rudolf Reinau is usually credited as Baylies' victor.

 

He was 22 years old with 12 victories and the Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre to his name.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8g7uisukpw4e1vv/Gooseh-French+Aces-Baylies.7z/file

Edited April 29, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 3 ace-Alfred Marie-Joseph Heurtaux

Born on 20 May 1893 in Nantes, France, Heurtaux was the son of an artillery officer. He began his military career with his entry into officer training in 1912. In October, 1912, he began an obligatory preliminary year in the ranks of the 4e Regiment d'Hussards. In October 1913, he entered the military academy at Saint Cyr as an officer cadet. On 4 August 1914, following the outbreak of World War I, he was commissioned as a sous-lieutenant in the 9e Regiment d'Hussards. In the next three months, he was cited for valor three times. On 6 December 1914, he transferred to aerial service.

 

He served in Escadrille MS.26 as an aerial observer in Morane-Saulniers. He then passed through pilot's training, being brevetted a pilot on 29 May 1915. He was assigned to Escadrille MS38, another Morane-Saulnier squadron. He was promoted to lieutenant on Christmas Day, 1915. On 5 June 1916, he transferred to a fighter squadron, Escadrille N3, to fly Nieuports. Later, he assumed command of the unit. One of his duties would be coaching Russian ace Ivan Orlov in fighter tactics. Another would entail merging his escadrille with three others to form the world's first fighter wing, Groupe de Combat 12 on 16 October 1916. GC 12 would be better known by its nickname, Les Cigognes (the Storks) for the bird portrayed on their planes.

 

He scored for the first time on 9 July 1916. Following victories on 16 July, 2 and 3 August,[2] he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur on 4 August. He was flying a new Spad S.VII when he downed his fifth victim on 17 August 1916. Later the next month, on the 25th of September, he shot down another pioneer ace, Leutnant Kurt Wintgens, the very first fighter pilot to ever score a victory on July 1, 1915, with a synchronized machine-gun armed aircraft; for victory number eight. He continued to accumulate victories steadily over the next eight months, reaching 21 on 4 May 1917. On 5 May 1917, he was seriously wounded by Ernst Udet in a dogfight with nine Albatros D.IIIs. He was hit through both cheeks and both thighs, as well as his head being grazed by a near-miss.

 

He eventually returned to duty, but did not score again. A second serious wounding in September 1917 sidelined him for the remainder of the war. Indeed, he was fortunate to survive a bullet through his femoral artery. An ordinary bullet would have proved fatal, but the incendiary round that hit him cauterized the wound, sealing off haemorrhaging. He struggled back to Allied lines, and lived.[15] When he recovered, he toured the United States of America lecturing on fighter tactics.

Besides his 21 credited wins, he had 13 unconfirmed or probables. He was raised from Chevalier in the Légion d'Honneur to Officer. He also had fifteen palms and two bronze stars to his Croix de Guerre. He attended the awards ceremony on canes.

 

Heurtaux resigned his commission in October 1919 and later became President of the France Fighter Aces Association. He was elected Deputy for Seine-et-Oise aged 26, in 1919. From there, he moved into the automobile industry, holding a management position with the Ford Motor Company in its American operations. While Heurtaux was in Dearborn with Ford, an autobiographical article under his byline ran in Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent Magazine. His next job was with General Motors in Europe, and then finally with Renault.

 

His employment did not hinder his patriotic activities. He was active in the Association of the Reserve Officers of the Air Force, being its president from 1934 to 1937. He was also appointed a lieutenant colonel in the reserves on 25 June 1935. He was reinstated on active duty a few months later, as Inspector of Fighter Aviation.

In the early days of World War II, Heurtaux was still the Inspector of Fighter Aviation for the French air forces. After the fall of France to the Germans, he joined the French Resistance. The Legion of Affairs was formed in August 1940, and he was appointed its vice-president. He used the freedom of movement afforded by this appointment to pass military intelligence to his old Saint Cyr classmate, Colonel Groussard, and to recruit fellow veterans into espionage. The Hector network that resulted was an important constituent of the Resistance in northern France.

 

On 23 January 1941, Heurtaux was made a member of the National Council of Vichy France. Colonel Hertaux's son was arrested just before he himself was taken into custody in March 1941. The Gestapo let him go that time, then arrested him again on 3 November. He would spend over three years in a succession of German jails in Düsseldorf, Bielefeld, Hannover, Berlin, and Potsdam. On 13 March 1945, he was shipped off to Buchenwald; on 11 April, he was liberated when the U.S. Army's 6th Armoured Division liberated the camp.

 

He had been promoted to full colonel in 1942, while he was in custody. On 5 July 1945, he was appointed to the military mission for German business. In December 1945, he was promoted to brigadier general.

 

He ended his career working as a consulting engineer. He died 30 December 1985, aged 92, at Chantilly, Oise and was buried in Paris.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/30f1cdo1rjnp9zq/Gooseh-French+Aces-Heurtaux.7z/file

Edited May 31, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 3 & 73 ace-Albert Deullin

Already posted as part of Escadrille 73 but this adds a Nieuport 17 Lewis and replaces his N11 & N17 with more accurate versions.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ih761jhqh6a238/Gooseh-French+Aces-Deullin-additional.7z/file

Edited May 31, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Had forgotten about these...

 

Escadrille 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/icip24col2cuqka/Gooseh-French+Scouts-Escadrille+3.7z/file

Edited October 9, 2024 by Gooseh

[Barkhorn1x]

Thank you!!

[Karven_Stolen]

Hello there !

A HUGE thanks to @Gooseh for this incredible work, especially on the french skins *chauvin* 😄

By the way, @Barkhorn1x, is there any way you had finished your (also !) incredible work on the files needed to have aaaaall of those french skins applied InGame with PWCG ?

 

Have a nice day les potes !

 

 

[Barkhorn1x]

On 11/10/2024 at 10:14 AM, Karven_Stolen said:

By the way, @Barkhorn1x, is there any way you had finished your (also !) incredible work on the files needed to have aaaaall of those french skins applied InGame with PWCG ?

 

 

I plan on getting back to working on the files this week. Stay tuned...

[Karven_Stolen]

3 hours ago, Barkhorn1x said:

I plan on getting back to working on the files this week. Stay tuned...

Ooooh yeah 😄

A huge thanks Barkhorn ! I hope that won't be too "chiant" as we say in french ! Courage 🤝

[Shuluq]

Hi, Gooseh and Barkhorn1x !
Of course, the first thing to do is to thank you two for the hard work...😊
I write to you 'cause i noticed an error in the name of one of the french aces and, as it is still a work in progress, i thought to anticipate the possible problem...
I'm talking about the Escadrille 15 ace Gabriel Guérin. All perfect in the beautiful (as always) presentation of the pilot, here, but there is a problem in the file itself.
In the zipped file the name is presented as GEURIN and not as GUERIN, his real name... 
I hope this is of some help...
Thanks again a lot! Have a good day! 😊

 

[Barkhorn1x]

Quote

...but there is a problem in the file itself.
In the zipped file the name is presented as GEURIN and not as GUERIN, his real name... 

 

Noted and will correct accordingly.

[Gooseh]

Yeah. So I TOTALLY blame Mr Barkhorn for this! Amateur!

 

Actually, it's my fault. I'll call it a minor infraction, to make me feel better.

 

My apologies to Les Bleus! Easily corrected I think, much like most things in PWCG/RoF isn't.

 

 

[Dupxo]

@Gooseh thank you very much that you have been keeping RoF alive for many years. I would like to ask you for one thing - could you make several skins  based on Guynemer skin which exist in game files for many years? I believe it was a part of official skinpack for RoF. In my opinion the colors and the overall reproduction of the silver color of the canvas in Nieuport 17 is the best in this skin. The skin file name in Nieuport 17 Skins folder is N17_N1531.dds. Link to the file (i couldn't attach it here, because 5MB restriction):

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kPYOLvfbe8WFDwWUevgNcgd3yGtQsCds/view?usp=sharing

 

This silver Nieuport would be great for Nungesser' skins. As we can see on the photo you have already attached the canvas here looks so smooth and it is clearly silver color.

 

[Gooseh]

Hiya Dupxo, thank you for the kind words.

 

I have that file. I don't know who did the editing on it, but it isn't the original RoF template. It's pretty unsatisfactory to work on existing .dds files however, the results are generally pretty grim. 

 

Without the template there's not much that can be done I'm afraid.

[Gooseh]

So..... I'm going to predict (not promise) that the necessary paperwork to integrate all the French scouts into 16.3.1 will be done by the end of next week. 

 

[Gooseh]

As I've been ploughing through the files for the French units, I have come across some aces I had missed.

 

So...

 

Escadrille 38 ace-Jean Casale

Casale was born on 24 September 1893 in Olmeta-di-Tuda, Corsica. He joined the military on 1 October 1913 and posted to the 8eme Régiment de Chasseurs as an enlisted soldier. 

 

When World War I began, he requested transfer to aviation duty, with his reassignment coming after exactly one year of service. He received Pilot's Brevet No. 837 on 20 April 1915. One month later, on 20 May, he was assigned to 1er Groupe d'Aviation. He quickly moved on to Escadrille 8 as a pilot flying Maurice Farmans, as he was promoted to Caporal there on 5 June. His fellow pilots gave him the nickname of 'Marquis de Monferrato' in reference of the Italian city of Casale Monferrato, but Casale never had any nobility title, nor any link with this Italian city.

 

He scored a pioneering aerial victory on 8 July 1915. He was posted to Escadrille 23 for a while, and was promoted to Sergeant on 21 August 1915. He then switched to Escadrille 67 on 21 January 1916 but returned to Escadrille 23 on 1 March 1916. Casale was awarded the Médaille militaire on 19 May 1916. On 15 August, he was promoted to Adjutant. He scored his second win on 2 September 1916. By 10 December, he was an ace, with an observation balloon and four enemy planes shot down, including one shared with Maxime Lenoir.

 

On 7 March 1917, Casale was honoured with an appointment as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. On 24 June, he received a temporary commission as Sous Lieutenant. He also added four more aerial victories scattered through 1917, with his ninth coming on 21 September.

 

Having been decorated with the Légion d'honneur and the Médaille militaire, as well as commissioned, he transferred to Escadrille 156 on 6 March 1918 to fly a Spad. He had no success there, and was posted onwards to Escadrille 38, also equipped with Spads, which is where we pick him up. 

 

He shared a balloon with Georges Madon on his day of arrival, 1 June 1918; then he was then credited with three more enemy airplanes, with the final victory on 1 November 1918, ending with a total of 13.

 

Casale was killed in a flying accident on 23 June 1923 while flying a four-engine Blériot 115. He was 29 years old.

 

I saw a link to a video about him but I couldn't watch it, but maybe someone can?

Edited December 10, 2024 by Gooseh

[Barkhorn1x]

On 12/10/2024 at 12:14 PM, Gooseh said:

As I've been ploughing through the files for the French units, I have come across some aces I had missed.

 

So...

 

Escadrille 38 ace-Jean Casale

Casale was born on 24 September 1893 in Olmeta-di-Tuda, Corsica. He joined the military on 1 October 1913 and posted to the 8eme Régiment de Chasseurs as an enlisted soldier. 

 

When World War I began, he requested transfer to aviation duty, with his reassignment coming after exactly one year of service. He received Pilot's Brevet No. 837 on 20 April 1915. One month later, on 20 May, he was assigned to 1er Groupe d'Aviation. He quickly moved on to Escadrille 8 as a pilot flying Maurice Farmans, as he was promoted to Caporal there on 5 June. His fellow pilots gave him the nickname of 'Marquis de Monferrato' in reference of the Italian city of Casale Monferrato, but Casale never had any nobility title, nor any link with this Italian city.

 

He scored a pioneering aerial victory on 8 July 1915. He was posted to Escadrille 23 for a while, and was promoted to Sergeant on 21 August 1915. He then switched to Escadrille 67 on 21 January 1916 but returned to Escadrille 23 on 1 March 1916. Casale was awarded the Médaille militaire on 19 May 1916. On 15 August, he was promoted to Adjutant. He scored his second win on 2 September 1916. By 10 December, he was an ace, with an observation balloon and four enemy planes shot down, including one shared with Maxime Lenoir.

 

On 7 March 1917, Casale was honoured with an appointment as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. On 24 June, he received a temporary commission as Sous Lieutenant. He also added four more aerial victories scattered through 1917, with his ninth coming on 21 September.

 

Having been decorated with the Légion d'honneur and the Médaille militaire, as well as commissioned, he transferred to Escadrille 156 on 6 March 1918 to fly a Spad. He had no success there, and was posted onwards to Escadrille 38, also equipped with Spads, which is where we pick him up. 

 

He shared a balloon with Georges Madon on his day of arrival, 1 June 1918; then he was then credited with three more enemy airplanes, with the final victory on 1 November 1918, ending with a total of 13.

 

Casale was killed in a flying accident on 23 June 1923 while flying a four-engine Blériot 115. He was 29 years old.

 

I saw a link to a video about him but I couldn't watch it, but maybe someone can?

 

Can we get the file link please?

[Gooseh]

Yes, will do the other two tomorrow and zip them together in one download.

[Gooseh]

Escadrille 37 ace-Bernard Henri Barny de Romanet

Barny de Romanet was born in Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay, Saône-et-Loire, and was educated at the Collège des Minimes, Chalon-sur-Saône, and then at the Collège des Montgré in Villefranche-sur-Saône, gaining his baccalauréat before going on to study at the Lycée Lamartine at Mâcon.

 

He joined the French army in October 1913, serving in the 16e Régiment de Chasseurs, a cavalry unit, at the beginning of the war, later transferring to the 56e Régiment d'Infanterie. He transferred into the French air service in July 1915. Six months later, in January 1916, de Romanet received his brevet as a pilot. His first assignment to Escadrille 51 as a Caudron reconnaissance pilot. He trained as a fighter pilot in February 1917 and made the transition to flying single-seater Nieuport fighters for Escadrille 37. 

 

His first victory was scored on 3 May 1917. He waited almost a year before continuing, with his second triumph coming on 31 March 1918. He became an ace on 30 June 1918, and a double ace on 22 August. That was his last victory and last day with Escadrille 37. He was then charged with forming Escadrille 167, a Spad squadron, assumed its command, and scored eight more victories while leading it.

 

After the war de Romanet became a successful sporting pilot, breaking the World Air Speed record on two occasions in 1920. Barny de Romanet died in a flying accident on 23 September 1921, testing the aircraft he was to fly in the 1921 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race: the accident was ascribed to the fabric becoming detached from the aircraft's wing.

 

He is buried in the Cimetière Saint Brice in Mâcon.

 

Escadrille 94 & 15 & 37 ace-Fernand Eugene Guyou

Guyou was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France on 7 January 1891. He was serving as an enlisted Brigadier in the cavalry reserves when war broke out. On 3 September 1914, he was assigned the duties of mounted scout for the 46eme Régiment d'Infanterie. On 12 October, he was promoted to Maréchal-des-logis. On 12 April 1915, he was transferred to 8eme Régiment de Chasseurs. On 20 December 1915, he was sent for pilot's training. He earned Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2697, awarded on 17 February 1916.

 

His initial flying assignment on 26 May 1916 was with Escadrille N49 (the 'N' signifying the squadron operated Nieuports). He moved on to Escadrille N15 on 12 August; on 23 September, he was severely wounded in action. Upon his recovery, he reported for reassignment on 20 December 1916. On 17 January 1917, he was sent to Escadrille N463. On 13 August, he was again sent for reposting; this time, he went to Escadrille N93 on the 25th. Here he found momentary success, cooperating with Gustave Daladier in shooting down a German two-seater reconnaissance plane on 30 October 1917. It would be seven more months before his second win, when he helped down an observation balloon on 30 May 1918. He would score twice more while with N93, and leave it when on the brink of acedom. 

 

With his new unit, Escadrille Spa37, he would use a Spad to tally eight more victories between 3 August 1918 and war's end, sharing them with fellow aces Bernard Barny de Romanet, Roger Poupon, and Georges Lienhart. By the armistice, Guyou had logged over 431 hours flight time.

 

On 25 January 1918, Guyou was promoted to Adjutant. On 6 April, he was awarded the Médaille militaire to accompany his Croix de Guerre. He received a temporary commission as a sous lieutenant on 1 June 1918. His career as an ace was capped with the receipt of the Légion d'honneur on 16 October 1918.

Guyou flew as an airline pilot; he also flew for Potez. He rejoined the service for World War II, and died in Morocco on 1 September 1944.

 

Edited December 16, 2024 by Gooseh

[Gooseh]

Skins for these three are here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lfh6iya3hmxoiqs/Gooseh-French+Aces+Extra.7z/file

 

Also included are the ace files for Romanet and Casale. Guyou will need some work as his current one doesn't include his tenures at either Esc 49 or 15. Another thing on the list.

[Guest Dario73]

Incredible and wonderful skin work, I was wondering if there is a skin for FE3 that over the Morane Soulnier H

[=EAustral=Topeka]

Hi, I've downloaded all the available skins, but I'm missing the file that assigns them in RoF. Where can I get it? Thanks in advance!

Edited May 2 by =EAustral=Topeka

[Barkhorn1x]

On 5/2/2025 at 9:21 AM, =EAustral=Topeka said:

Hi, I've downloaded all the available skins, but I'm missing the file that assigns them in RoF. Where can I get it? Thanks in advance!

I am working on those - slowly but surely.  I don't have an ETC but it will be by early June - or so.

 

At that point you will have ALL the files for the Germans/Americans/Belgians/French that were produced by Gooseh.  And, additional skins from the PWCG RoF Skin Packs will work as well.  Get them here -->  http://www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg/pwcgbos/web/PWCGBoS.php

 

So...stay tuned.  This IS going to happen!!

Edited May 4 by Barkhorn1x

[Barkhorn1x]

Be sure to use PWCG version 16.3.1 - link below - and NOT the latest PWCG version on that link above:

 

PWCG version 16.3.1 --> https://mega.nz/file/a2wmzYDR#iSU8KjsWHMzMBq9SPJ4B_a02oz9DvZCCcBBcu38eNQ4

 

In the meantime you can use this version of my additional files which has all the updates/fixes/changes for all countries EXCEPT the French                      --> https://mega.nz/file/j7QlzJCT#43LSp9eE_D3g0HiPSLQVfD0hVIewLlzyfooT9Tq95iQ

Edited May 5 by Barkhorn1x
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[=EAustral=Topeka]

2 hours ago, Barkhorn1x said:

Be sure to use PWCG version 16.3.1 - link below - and NOT the latest PWCG version on that link above:

 

PWCG version 16.3.1 --> https://mega.nz/file/a2wmzYDR#iSU8KjsWHMzMBq9SPJ4B_a02oz9DvZCCcBBcu38eNQ4

 

In the meantime you can use this version of my additional files which has all the updates/fixes/changes for all countries ACCEPT the French                      --> https://mega.nz/file/j7QlzJCT#43LSp9eE_D3g0HiPSLQVfD0hVIewLlzyfooT9Tq95iQ

Thank you so much for these skins and for keeping RoF alive,a beautiful sim .S!

[Gooseh]

Oh hi there!

 

I am currently churning through personal skins for the French recon units. Things have slowed some as I've recently had some building works done here at home in Blighty.

 

S!

 

 

On 5/4/2025 at 3:33 PM, Barkhorn1x said:

So...stay tuned.  This IS going to happen!!

 

Ya think! :0

[Barkhorn1x]

Good to hear from you Gooseh.

 

...a quick progress report:

• Two seaters = SquadInfo. file all done, many errors corrected, formats standardized, DH4 subbed in for the Salm. 2, 2seater Strutter used ONLY. *
• Aces = 85% done, some errors corrected 4 more aces needing skin assignments.
• Scouts:
  • SquadInfo. file = pending, but excel tracker completed.
  • Skin files = review/corrections/additions pending.

 

~ Stay tuned.

 

* Please hold on to those personal 2 seater skins and we can issue a revised package when done.

 

[ACG_Seb]

On 5/4/2025 at 9:33 PM, Barkhorn1x said:

Be sure to use PWCG version 16.3.1 - link below - and NOT the latest PWCG version on that link above:

 

PWCG version 16.3.1 --> https://mega.nz/file/a2wmzYDR#iSU8KjsWHMzMBq9SPJ4B_a02oz9DvZCCcBBcu38eNQ4

 

In the meantime you can use this version of my additional files which has all the updates/fixes/changes for all countries EXCEPT the French                      --> https://mega.nz/file/j7QlzJCT#43LSp9eE_D3g0HiPSLQVfD0hVIewLlzyfooT9Tq95iQ

Hi Barkhorn,

 

Thanks to you for all you guys are still doing with this. Should I drop the additional files into PWCG data or main game data?

[Barkhorn1x]

23 hours ago, ACG_Seb said:

Hi Barkhorn,

 

Thanks to you for all you guys are still doing with this. Should I drop the additional files into PWCG data or main game data?

Here is my file path = C:\Program Files (x86)\1C-777\Rise of Flight\RoFCampaign

[ACG_Seb]

17 hours ago, Barkhorn1x said:

Here is my file path = C:\Program Files (x86)\1C-777\Rise of Flight\RoFCampaign

Brilliant thank you! Barkhorn!

 

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Thanks for doing this I just started flying again in ROF and look forward to using these skins. Question though are these all new skins for PWCG or have they been added to his latest Download 

[Barkhorn1x]

17 hours ago, Bugsy said:

Thanks for doing this I just started flying again in ROF and look forward to using these skins. Question though are these all new skins for PWCG or have they been added to his latest Download 

The Gooseh skins are in addition to/replacements for the skins found on the PWCG download page. Best to have ALL of them tho'.

 

Quick progress update = working thru the Skin.txt files now so will release the updated package by next week.  

 

Stay tuned.

[Barkhorn1x]

I am now done!!!

 

Get them here = 

 

[BladeMeister]

1 hour ago, Barkhorn1x said:

I am now done!!!

 

Get them here = 

 

You are the man! I will try to get this this weekend. I need to do some reading and make sure I have all the skins and files in the right place.

Thank you Sir!

 

S!Blade<><

[Lederhosen]

Sry to ask, but... I can assign myself a skin but the rest of the flight has default British... even if I'm in a French squad.

What am I missing out ?

 

v.16,1

[Barkhorn1x]

Quote

Sry to ask, but... I can assign myself a skin but the rest of the flight has default British... even if I'm in a French squad.

What am I missing out ?

See these sections from this link:

Adding the French was an “interesting” process as it was not at all straightforward due to:
- Lack of French 2 seaters = SO lots of subbing in with FE-2bs, RE8s, Sop. Strutters, DH4s.

- Lack of French 2 seater skins = If you want to fly with your squad mates in a French recon/bomber squad, then choose Esc. 2 as this is the only squad that Gooseh did a full set of skins for at this point.

- Ace files = Used all of Gooseh’s skins and kept a few of the earlier skins (from Pat Wilson’s skin packs) to avoid coverage gaps in coverage.

- Scout skins = Extensive testing shows that NOT assigning skins to your squad mates will result in the appearance of the default plane skin - in MANY cases – rather than the default squad skin.   So, be sure to assign each non-ace a skin to solve this problem as that works 100% of the time.