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Sous Lieutenant Jacques Louis Ehrlich was a World War I flying ace who was one of the leading balloon busters of the war. He enlisted in the French army on 29 May 1913.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=L3EXBUfG2tgC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=jacques+ehrlich+pilot&source=bl&ots=VlsWJDxlMF&sig=kajixZLOB9vMX5Ad7jnoMntzK-A&hl=en&ei=WagtS_OANYH0sgO91LTFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%20ehrlich%20&f=false Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 Three and a half years later, in December 1916, he transferred to aviation. In May 1917, he was brevetted a pilot. Two months later, he was badly wounded while on a trench strafing mission. He returned to duty in November as a newly promoted sergeant.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/ehrlich.php Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 Beginning on 30 June 1918, he was one of a "wolf pack" of his squadron's pilots dedicated to the highly hazardous pursuit of destroying German observation balloons.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=L3EXBUfG2tgC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=jacques+ehrlich+pilot&source=bl&ots=VlsWJDxlMF&sig=kajixZLOB9vMX5Ad7jnoMntzK-A&hl=en&ei=WagtS_OANYH0sgO91LTFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%20ehrlich%20&f=false Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 From that first victory, through the next two and a half triumphant months, he shared in the destruction of 15 enemy balloons, and shot down three others solo. On 1 August and on 15 September, he was credited with three victories each; on 17 July, he had two. After the 15 September feat of downing three balloons in two minutes,〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/ehrlich.php Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 he was recommended for both the Légion d'honneur and the Médaille militaire.〔http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ehrlich.htm Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 Three days later, he was shot down and captured while scoring his last win. After scoring with three low-level gunnery runs, Ehrlich and his two wingmen ran into 11 Fokker D.VIIs; in the ensuing melee, it was uncertain whether Ehrlich fell to a Fokker or to ground fire.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=L3EXBUfG2tgC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22jacques+ehrlich+balloon%22&source=bl&ots=VlsWJDxqRD&sig=Qxpr7TRmLSRDq2PFjtFfSAeF-HQ&hl=en&ei=faotS6fsDoHYsgPFxa3KBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 The day after that, he began his captivity as a newly commissioned sous lieutenant. His total of 18 balloons downed garnered him the sixth spot on the balloon busters list. He also shared a victory over an Albatros fighter.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/ehrlich.php Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 This made him the highest scoring Allied Jewish ace of World War I,〔http://books.google.com/books?id=NrO1Y3RzyWIC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=%22jacques+ehrlich+balloon%22&source=bl&ots=CgA_MFKO5w&sig=fGSWfkO5IEP4Ec71jpBqLRh8w5U&hl=en&ei=faotS6fsDoHYsgPFxa3KBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=&f=false Accessed 19 December 2009.〕 one of five notable Jewish aces in France.〔''Les cahiers du judaïsme'' 21-22 Alliance israélite universelle – 2007"Cinq As juifs se distinguent dont Jacques-Louis Ehrlich – dix-neuf avions et Drachens abattus -, Eugène Weismann, ... Jacques-Louis Ehrlich de l'escadrille l54, quinzième As dans le palmarès des aviateurs, demeure très humble au sujet ..."〕 His score was matched by a Jewish-born German ace, Wilhelm Frankl, who had converted to Catholicism to marry his Austrian bride. ==Honors and awards== Citation for Médaille militaire "Remarkable pursuit pilot who has distinguished himself by his exceptional audacity and tenacity which have earned him twelve victories in one month. He flamed three balloons in a few minutes. One wound. Three citations." Médaille militaire citation, 10 September 1918 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacques Ehrlich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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