Talk:Jacques André

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Jacques André as fighter pilot and WW2 ace[edit]

Hi Lugnuts,

I came across this article whilst looking up Jacques André, and it turns out he was a World War 2 fighter ace, most notably with the Normandie-Niemen squadron on the Eastern Front in Russia. He was one of the French fighter pilots sent there as part of the Free French movement, and whilst there became an ace and, according to the French Wikipedia, received the Gold Star medal and title "Hero of the Soviet Union" , a very rare honour for a non-Russian.

After the war, in 1948, whilst serving in the French defence force he was given the opportunity to compete in the Olympics, with the result you stated in your article.

I feel though that his outstanding performance as a fighter pilot (and ongoing service in the French defence force until his retirement) is important to note, and that his Olympic participation may be of secondary importance. However, the only refs I have are other en.Wikipedia articles, or the French Wikipedia articles, or the original sources which are in French which unfortunately I do not speak!

Also, your article is one of a series, it appears, on Olympic contestants, so it would be inappropriate to subvert it to become a article on a WW2 ace...

I am very much a noob when it comes to wiki editing, and wouldn't know how to proceed about creating an article about Jacques André as part of the articles on WW2 aces. Any suggestions on how to proceed would be welcome!

There is more about his war-time service in the article on the Normandie-Niemen squadron (he is mentioned under the heading "Notable members of the Normandie-Niemen") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandie-Niemen and more about him personally in the French Wikipedia at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Andr%C3%A9_(aviateur)

Thanks Xtal42 (talk)

Thanks for the info and spotting that from the French article. I've created many stubs on Olympians only to find that the Olympics is a side-note to that person's career in another field (politics, acting, film directing, etc). There would be no issue in expanding this article accordingly. If you want help with this, or to request someone else takes a look at it, then there are the Wiki projects for France and Miliatry History who could help. Thanks again. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:10, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is far more important to talk about his aviation career than his olympics activities. Being one of four french citizens awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and a flying ace is certainly worth mentioning and should not be withheld from the article for the affecting a series of articles about the Olympics.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 19:54, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]