APPENDIX 2-AK
Summary of WW-1 French Military BALLOONING FATALITIES
1915-1918

Date	Name	Cause
12  Apr.1918	AUDRAN, G.	P/C damaged by B-fire, died on impact
5  May  1916	BASSETTI, J.	P/C damaged when wind tore basket off.
16 Mar.1916	BES, G.	P/C damaged by B-fire, died on impact
1  Nov. 1917	CONS, F.P.A.	P/C failed to open, died on impact
5  May 1916	CONTENTIN, G.	P/C damaged when wind upset basket
1  May  1917	CRENIERE, J.	Killed in air by enemy bullet
3  Apr.  1918	DEBAS, C.A.	Hit in back by bullet, unable to jump
10 Dec.1915	DELAMOTTE, M.D.	Wind tore basket from balloon
15 Sep.1916	DUCHESNE, P.A.	Fell from basket, died on impact
25 Jan.1918	FAURE, J.T.	P/C caught on tether line
5  May 1916	GALDERON, G.J.	P/C dragged across enemy, shot
9  May 1917	GERNEY, L.N.	Hard P/C landing, fractured skull
25 Apr.1917	GIACCOBI, S.J.B.	P/C opened in basket,dragged to death
29 Apr.1917	GUERIN, L.	P/C opened late, broke back
5  Jun.1918	HUMBERT, L.	P/C damaged by bullet, died on impact
1  Nov. 1917	LENGLET, E.	P/C failed to open, died on impact
16 Sep.1918	LEVERRIER, C.J.	P/C destroyed by incendary bullet
9   Jul.  1916	MALLET, Maurice	Hit by aircraft machine gun fire
12 Feb.1918	PARIZET, H.T.	P/C damaged by bullet, died on impact
24 Nov.1917	PERRODY, P.A.L.	P/C caught fire from burning balloon
30 Apr.1917	RAY, J.	P/C caught fire from burning balloon
1  May 1917	REGNARD, G.M.	Hit by bullet, unable to jump
14 Oct.1915	ROZE, E.	P/C damaged by phone wire, impact
5  May 1916	SAL, J.L.	P/C failed to open, died on impact
14 Apr.1917	SAPIN, M.A.	Forgot to tie P/C ripcord
26 Apr.1917	SAUDET, S.C.	P/C tangled in tether line, impact
2  Aug.1915	SIMON, F.N.L.	Killed by enemy ground fire
5  May 1916	SPIESS, G.	High-wind landing, fractured skull
1  Apr. 1918	VERNEUIL, G.	Airplane hit P/C on descent, impact
15 Jul. 1916	VOLTZ, C.	Rifle tangled in P/C, died on impact

NOTE: French Balloon Corps had 76 squadrons on the front lines.  Exposure to combat in the war was 54 months, resulting in 30 fatalities.  German losses are unknown, but the  British lost one (from ground fire) in 24 months, and the Americans lost one (from aircraft fire) in eleven months. P/C=Parachute;  r: Balloons D'Observation, J.Blanche: 1977.