SPAD XIII Aces - Marquis de Turenne - WWI Aviation Painting
Capitaine Armand Jean Galliot Joseph, more formally known as the Marquis de Turenne, was a former cavalry officer who transferred to the aviation section after the start of WW1. Starting out as a Nieuport pilot assigned to N28, de Turenne scored 6 victories with that unit before being assigned as the commander of SPA12, where he wouold eventually score another 9 victories. Upon transferring to SPA12 de Turenne chose to retain the cockerel's head of his old unit as his personal marking.