Antoine Paillard

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Antoine Joseph Henri Louis Paillard was born in Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné^[2] on 23 August 1897.^[5]

Paillard served as a Breguet bomber pilot in Escadrille BR.132. On 1 May 1918, he shot down a German airplane for his first victory. Then, on 14 September 1918, Paillard was one of four French pilots combating four German Fokker D.VIIs, along with Jean-François Jannekeyn. The four French bomber aircrews managed to shoot down all four German fighters; all French participants were credited with four victories each. Paillard was awarded the Medaille Militaire for his valor,^[6] as well as the Croix de Guerre.^[5]

His daughter Gisele Paillard was born on 23 May 1920.^{[citation needed]}

• 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. ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.