Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a well-known pilot.
1. A very high-scoring ace.
2. Began his military service in the signal corps.
3. Trained as a telegraph operator.
4. After completing his service in the signal corps, he took flying lessons and earned a pilot's license.
5. He then re-joined the armed forces and completed a military flight training course.
6. His first victories were achieved while flying a fixed-gear airplane.
7. After his initial victories, he flew an American aircraft, and after that a German one.
8. His brother once served in the French Foreign Legion.
9. He was offered a commission but declined because he would have had to stop flying during the officer training program, and he feared that he might become rusty.
10. The American plane he flew (clue 7) was a de-navalized version of a plane the US stopped using in combat very early in the war and which is widely regarded as a failure. He scored more than 30 victories while flying it.