Title

Georges Guynemer, French fighter ace, 9 September 1917. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Georges Guynemer, French fighter ace, 9 September 1917. Guynemer (1894-1917) became the first French ace to attain 50 victories, a mark he reached at the end of July 1917. As his tally grew, Guynemer was lionized by the French press and became a national hero, with his exploits going some way to taking the public's mind off the appalling losses being sustained in the trenches at the time. On 11 September 1917, with a total of 53 kills to his credit, Guynemer was apparently shot down after attacking a German observation plane. Neither his aeroplane nor his body were ever found.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C13_296

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89,9Mb (2,9Mb) / 16,6in x 21,1in / 4971 x 6324 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men country French France guy weapon weapons gun guns aeroplane aircraft plane airplane war front location century pilot first world war concept machine gun B&W MONOCHROME warfare aviator air Transport military uniform World War I WWI fighter pilot black & white black and white B W weaponry Military personnel World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War aerial warfare fighter ace TGN Western Front WW1 Georges-Marie Guynemer photograph portrait Unknown Guynemer Georges-Marie photograph portrait