Talk:Roland Garros (aviator)

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[edit] Death Date ?

Hello, apparently he was killed on 25th Oct 1918 - not 5th Oct 1918. See this official French Army source:

http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/

17.2.2005

After a search (récherche), you can even find a facsimile of his Army registration. Remember to enter his birth date as dd-mm-yyyy (06-10-1888), and click his name on the results page. However, you must click at one of these first:

• If you first click at Morts pour la France 1914-1918, you get this: facsimile civil (?) data Roland Garros
• If you first click at Aéronautique 1914-1918 and perform the same search you get this one: facsimile Air Force data Roland Garros

I am not quite sure of the date of his death, but the (civil) facsimile reads surely something like 25, 28 or 29. Still, this may be the date when his date was confirmed, instead of the day of his demise. Anyway, I suppose the facsimiles are free from copyrights, and one of them would be great for illustrating the text. B222 (talk) 04:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

And I found this link at the french Wikipédia: geanology site, date of death: oct 25, 1918

B222 (talk) 04:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not an Ace?

I have found from what I consider to be reliable sources that Garros did shoot down five planes. Couold you show me a source saying he only shot down three? omnijohn 13:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)