Coppens isn't a bad guess, but I think our pilot is less well known than Coppens is. Here's another bonus clue.
A name-the-pilot quiz. His name is far from being a household word, but he was very well known in his day.
1. The highest-scoring ace of his service, the highest-scoring ace ever born in what is now a particular country (though it was part of a different country when he was born), and possibly the highest scoring ace in one particular sort of aircraft, though there are no solid statistics about that.
2. After the war, he lived in two countries which had been on the side against which he had fought.
3. He claimed a larger number of unconfirmed victories than confirmed ones. The unusually high ratio of unconfirmed to confirmed victories was probably attributable to the fact that he flew many of his missions unaccompanied by other aircraft.
Last edited by Top_Gunn; 10-26-2018 at 11:35 AM.