[Ian Burns]

I have a postcard of a certain M Chevalier and his Nieuport IIN monoplane – so that would be around 1912.

I cannot find a M Chevalier on Aero Club de France lists – not that I have seen all of them – so does anyone have any information on this gentleman. The obvious question is – Maurice Chevalier?

The photo does look a little like a young Maurice Chevalier.

[Nick Forder]

Chevalier was a Nieuport pilot in the 1911 Gordon Bennett air race at Eastchurch.

I think that Maurice Chevalier was in the infantry, wounded & captured in 1914 ?

[Ian Burns]

I think the Chevalier of the postcard and GB Race was LOUIS Chevalier, French certificate #333 on 23 Nov 1910.

Pity. Would have been nice to be the other one

[Nick Forder]

I think that the ‘M’ is, rather boringly, ‘Monsieur’.

[Ian Burns]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWN!

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