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GREECE

Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922

NAME                                   VICTORIES       UNIT                      COMMENTS

Stavropoulos, Christophoros                1           Moira B
Petropouleas                               1           Moira B                   1.
Katsoulakas                                1                                     2., observer
St. Philippas                              1                                     2.

Comments

Forced to land.
No losses in the turkish archives.

Air-to-Air Victories

Date	Unit	Aircraft	Pilot	Victim	Place
18.8.1920	Moira B	SPAD VII	Petropouleas	Breguet 14	around Usak
21.6.1921		Airco DH 9	St. Philippas, Katsoulakas (obs.)	e/a	maybe near Kutahya
25.7.1922	Moira B	SPAD VII	Petropouleas	Breguet 14A-2^(*)	north of Afyon Karahissar

^(*) Pilot Ahmed Bahattin Bayam, observer Ceram Bey. Crew is buried by the greeks with full military honors.

AIRCO De Haviland DH4 at Kazamir airfield

Decorations awarded to officers
Cross of Valour, Military Cross, Medal of Military Merit

Pilots' brevet.

Much information kindly provided by David Méchin.

Sources & Literature

Researcher David Méchin.
Méchin, David: ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΗ (Catastrophe), Le conflit d' Asie Mineure 1919-1922, in Avions, No. 156, Mars-Avril 2007.
Nikolajsen, Ole: Pilot Fazil Bey - An Aviation Hero, http://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/fazil.htm.
Hellenic Air Force History, Campaign in Asia minor, http://www.haf.gr/en/history/history/history_4.asp.
Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.