Mathis, Jacques

Date of birth:: December 28th, 1914 (Santiago, Chili)
Date of death:: August 31st, 1944 (South Holton Le Moor)
Buried on:: Brookwood Military Cemetery
Plot: 29. Row: E. Grave: 29.
Nationality:: French

Biography

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l' Ordre de la Libération

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Compagnon
Awarded on:: November 20th, 1944

posthumously awarded

Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

5 citations

5 citations

Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Groupe de Chasse Normandie n° III (G.C. Normandie 3), Soviet Air Defence Forces

"As a fighter pilot, he has a great morale and, even in the most difficult moments, he knows how to maintain the morale and composure that makes him a patrol leader.
Calm and decided, he quickly won four official victories. Jacques Mathis went down in flames on September 6, 1943, during a surprise engagement against enemy fighters. He parachuted and managed to return to the friendly lines despite severe burns to the face and hands, and, by his attitude and courage, provokes the admiration of his French and Soviet combat comrades."