WWI Aviation Pictorial History An Illustrated history of World War 1 aviation told with specifications, pictures, photos, biographies of the aces, and aircraft designers
American Aces of WW1 - Charles Biddle
Name: Charles John Biddle
Country: United States
Rank: Major
Services: French Air Service U.S. Air Service
Units: N124, Spa73 (FAS) 13th Aero, 103rd Aero (USAS)
Victories: 7
Date Of Birth: May 13, 1890
Place of Birth: Andalusia, Pennsylvania
Date Of Death: March 22, 1972
Place of Death: Andalusia, Pennsylvania
Having attended Princeton and Harvard, Biddle was an attorney when he joined the French Air Service. After the war ended, he wrote "The Way of the Eagle."

Croix de Guerre
"Pilot of marvellous spirit. Attacked two enemy two-seaters successfully behind their lines, probably shooting down the first. Wounded and disabled in the course of the second combat, by sheer strength he succeeded in landing in no man's land and after passing the day in a shell hole, by night he got back to the Allied trenches." Croix de Guerre citation
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