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	First World War.com - Who's Who - Willy Coppens
		Willy Coppens (1892-1986) was Belgium's highest-scoring fighter pilot during the First World War, scoring 37 victories by the war's close.
		Coppens, who was born on 6 July 1892 in Watermaal-Bosvoorde, joined the army in 1912, serving with the 2nd Grenadiers.
		Coppens developed an especial expertise in shooting down enemy observation balloons.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/coppens.htm (275 words)

	Willy Coppens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coppens joined the Belgian army in 1912, serving with the 2nd Grenadiers before transferring to the Compagnie des Aviateurs in 1914.
		On one occasion, the balloon he was attacking shot upward and Coppens actually landed his cobalt blue Hanriot HD.1 on top of it.
		Just as he began the attack that would culminate in his 37th victory, Coppens was hit in the left leg by an incendiary bullet.
	www.angelfire.com /ab5/WWTanks/People/Belgium/Coppens/Coppensb.html (247 words)

	Willy Coppens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		illy Coppens was born as a son of an art-painter on 6 July 1892 in Watermaal near Brussels.
		But Willy Coppens succeeded to shoot these balloons as soon when they were lifted in the air.
		At the end of the war Coppens was the highest scoring Belgian air ace in World War I. He shot down 37 enemy aircraft, 26 of them were these German observation balloons.
	home.wanadoo.nl /jrm.rensen/wwar1/coppens/wcoppens_e.html (548 words)

	1918 in aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 25 - Belgium's top-scoring ace, Willy Coppens, claims his first victory.
		October 14 - Baron Willy Coppens, highest scoring Belgian ace, is heavily wounded, ending his combat career.
		He had scored 37 victories, 34 of which were observation balloons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1918_in_aviation (818 words)

	Home - The Stokes Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The leading Belgian ace of WW I, Willy Coppens de Houthhulst, was born on July 6, 1882 at Watermael Belgium.
		After several years in the infantry, Willy was able to join the air arm as a pupil pilot in 1915.
		Coppens continued to fly after the War, and he also served as Belgian Air Attaché in London.
	www.stokescollection.com /Default.cfm?ID=500000000000109&ImageGallery=500000000000023&StartRow=10&ThisGallery=500000000000023 (543 words)

	Heritage-9-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Hanriot H.D.1 Coppens flew almost exclusively had one major drawback: it was fitted only with one machine gun, centrally located on the fuselage.
		Willy Coppens’ final victory coincided with his last patrol at dawn on October 14, 1918.
		Willy Coppens flew again and became a widely known figure in postwar aviation.
	www.leachintl.com /heritage/heritage-9-2000.html (546 words)

	Willy Coppens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coppens joined the army in 1912, serving with the 2nd Grenadiers before transferring to the Compagnie des Aviateurs in 1914.
		On one occasion, the balloon he was attacking shot upward and Coppens actually landed his cobalt blue
		Memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de Houthulst; Hardcover / Ayer Co Pub 1931
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/belgium/coppens.html (316 words)

	First Look: Eduard Hanriot HD.1/HD.2
		During 1917 and 1918, the airplane would be flown by most of the famous Belgian aces, including Willy Coppens, and it would continue in first-line Belgian service into the early 1920s.
		The airplane was also offered to the Italians, where a number of Italian aces liked its nimble performance over that offered by the SPAD S.VII, and 831 Hanriots were manufactured in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi during 1917-18.
		I understand the less-expensive version has markings for an HD.1 flown by Willy Coppens, the Belgian ace of aces, which I personally wish was on this sheet.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/may/first-looks/first_hanriot.htm (481 words)

	Eduard 1/48 Hanriot HD.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coppens was somewhat of a show-off, often performing aerobatics over the flaming balloon inferno and his penchant for stunting almost cost him his life.
		Coppens calmly shut down the engine to stop the propeller from getting caught in the balloon and it looked like he had actually landed atop it.
		Coppens survived the war and eventually retired from the Army in 1940 after serving as a military attaché in several foreign countries.
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /reviews/ww1/laskodihd1.htm (1621 words)

	Alternate Views on Adolf Galland's WW2 Kills
		Coppens asked me to translate a letter he'd previously published in a French magazine, and requested that it be submitted to an appropriate American journal for publication.
		Coppens has seen his country occupied and ravaged twice by the Germans...
		Coppens' own words, so that I can report to him that a promise has been kept.
	members.aol.com /geobat66/galland/coppens.htm (829 words)

	Product Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coppens was the highest scoring Belgian air ace in World War I. He downed 37 enemy aircraft, most of them German observation balloons.
		Eventually, he was brought down by shrapnel and had a leg amputated.
		Coppens remained a member of the Belgian Air Force until after his country's surrender to Hitler's armies in 1940.
	www.ayerpub.com /Product.asp?ProductID=4400000013385 (126 words)

	The Red Baron flies once more on stamps
		Belgium's top ace, Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, is shown with his plane, a Hanriot HD-1, pictured in Figure 6 on a 35-peso airmail stamp of Guinea-Bissau, Scott C14.
		On Oct. 14, 1918, as he approached his 37th victim, Coppens was hit in the leg by an incendiary bullet.
		His leg had to be amputated, but Coppens survived the war and died peacefully at the age of 94.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/aviation_20020610/refreshercourse.asp?uID= (1793 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Le Prieur Rockets
		Invented by Frenchman Lieutenant Yves Le Prieur the solid-fuel stick-guided rocket was first deployed during the Battle of Verdun in April 1916 when four rockets were attached to each strut of a Nieuport fighter aircraft and fired through steel tubes.
		The Belgian Willy Coppens (a noted 'Balloon Buster') and Englishman Albert Ball made use of La Prieur rockets until the advent of incendiary Pomeroy bullets the following year made bringing down enemy balloons easier.
		Le Prieur rockets were fired electrically, although their inaccuracy was such that pilots were generally required to fly within some 125 yards of their target before firing the rockets, which necessitated steep manoeuvres in order for the pilot to avoid colliding with the enemy balloon during the attack.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/leprieur.htm (213 words)

	The Aerodrome Forum - Willy Coppens
		According to the entry in "Above Flanders' Fields" (a wonderful reference on the Belgian AF in WWI), Willy Coppens died on 21 December 1986.
		In Coppens’ bio, you will also read “After additional training in France, Coppens began flying two-seaters in combat during 1916.
		The following year, he was assigned to single-seat fighters and soon became an expert at shooting down enemy observation balloons” So he was assigned to the Hanriot in 1917 but did not hit his first balloon until May 1918.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=9703 (130 words)

	Part 2: Hanriot HD.1 in Foreign Service
		The single weapon was a particular liability during the balloon-busting sorties that were Coppens' specialty.
		Accordingly, the French sent Coppens an early prototype of a new, purpose-built weapon, the "balloon gun." This was a license-built Vickers chambered for an experimental, high-velocity 11-mm (.45 cal.) cartridge (inspired, no doubt, by the standard, early-war anti-balloon weapon, a.45-cal, low-velocity incendiary bullet fired from a Victorian-era Martini-Henry carbine).
		Coppens had the gun fitted to one of his several Hanriots (No. 17) and used it alongside the standard machines.
	worldatwar.net /chandelle/v2/v2n1/hd1for.html (1071 words)

	Willy Coppens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		illy Coppens was born on july 6 in 1892 as a son of an art painter.
		As the war started he was in the army as a grenadier, but in september 1915 he joined the air force in the 1st Escadrille, first flying in a BE-2.
		In spite of this handicap he also flew in WW II.
	home.wanadoo.nl /jrm.rensen/wwar1/coppens/coppens_e2.html (127 words)

	The International Old Timer Fly-in at Schaffen (B) Airfield: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A range was laid out where pilots could practice their shooting skills.
		Because the airfield was mainly occupied by the Jacquet fighter-group, the airfield got named "Kwartier Willy Coppens de Houthulst", after Willy Coppens, the biggest aviation hero Belgian Military Aviation has ever produced.
		Willy Coppens won 37 dogfights and was at that time recovering of his crash.
	www.dac.be /flyin/history.html (887 words)

	Houthulst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colonel Coppens de Houthulst, Belgium's foremost air ace of the 1914-19...
		Coppens was knighted by King Albert as Baron Coppens de Houthulst.
		Houthulst er en kommune i den belgiske provinsen Vest-Flandern.
	encyklopedi.com /Houthulst (302 words)

	[WWI] [Fwd: research-Willy Coppens Hanriot] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The thread there got a response from Dan San Abbott stating his" Freind" Baron Coppens told him the Aircraft was "Turqoise Blue".
		Others thought only a portion was Blue,and at least one agreed with my theory of overall British Roundel Blue.
		IHTH, Rick Geisler >From: Allan Wright >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: wwi >Subject: [WWI] [Fwd: research-Willy Coppens Hanriot] >Date: 01 Oct 2003 08:54:09 -0400 > > >-- >============================ >Allan Wright Jr.
	www.wwi-models.org /pipermail/wwi/2003-October/011879.html (159 words)

	Balloon Busting Aces of World War 1 Book Review by Rob Baumgartner (Osprey Publishing)
		Thus in the one book, the reader can compare the different strategies taken by the combatants, everything from the squadron approach to that of the lone hunter.
		All Fronts are covered in the subsequent chapters with the final one being devoted to the “greatest of them all”, Willy Coppens.
		This section makes fascinating reading as Coppen’s himself talks about his aircraft, its markings, and even a meeting with the famous Guynemer.
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/balloonbustingacesreviewrb_1.htm (623 words)

	Hanriot Dupont HD 1
		This aircraft hold markings of one of many Hanriots flown by our better ace during WWI : baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst.
		He shoot a lot of German Balloons (35 on a total of 37 official victories) on this aircraft type exclusively.
		With these number of balloon's victories, Willy Coppens is probably one of better aces for this dangerous task.
	users.skynet.be /fa233213/En/RealAircrafts/Hanriot/Hanriot_HD1.html (104 words)

	Aircraft: Hanriot-Dupont HD-1
		Belgian all times top ace Willy Coppens (37 kills) did fly the HD-1, but this one belonged to Jan Olieslagers (6 recognised kills, but certainly more).
		The plane was painted green and brown with grey undersides and a thistle symbol on the fuselage.
		SF, CA Hanriot was flown by Willi Coppens, was it not?
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/hanrdupo/hd-1.htm (376 words)

	Willy Coppens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you search for "Willy Coppens", using the Google search engine, (2-22-05), you will find about 241 links!
		This page on The First World War.Com website offers a nice revue of the career of Coppens.
		Willy Coppens died on 21 December 1986 aged 94.
	www.rcooper.0catch.com /ecoppens.htm (166 words)

	Raymond Orteig-$25,000 prize
		The start of the flight was attested by the US National Aeronautic Association and the Procès-verbal established by the Aéro-Club de France on Lindbergh's arrival attested that the barograph was found sealed and reported that 322 litres of gas (85 gallons) remained in the sealed tanks.
		This Procès-verbal was signed by no less than 13 French officials, the US Ambassador Myron Herrick, the Belgian Air Attaché Willy Coppens and, of course Charles Lindbergh himself.
		Finally, the FAI General Secretary Paul Tissandier informed the National Aeronautic Association on August 31st, 1927, that Lindbergh's flight was certified as the Class-C World Record for non-stop flight over a distance of 5809 kilometres".
	www.charleslindbergh.com /plane/orteig.asp (762 words)

	Airliners.net Photos: Belgium - Air Force Hanriot HD.1
		The HD.1 biplane was rejected by the French Air Force, but was used widely by the Belgian and Italian Air Forces.
		The famous Belgian Willy Coppens used his HD.1 to great effect in WW1 - claiming 37 victories.
		He even landed on top of a German observation balloon, shut down the engine until his Hanriot slid off, then flew away and shot down the balloon.
	www.airliners.net /open.file/715985/L (168 words)

	Hanriot HD.2: Building a WW I Floatplane Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although the French ultimately decided against procuring the HD.1, the Belgian and Italian Air Services used the Hanriot with great success.
		The highest scoring Belgian ace of WWI, Willy Coppens, eventually scored 37 victories in the Hanriot HD.1.
		The Italian Air Force also operated several squadrons of H.D.1s, which were used successfully by several aces against the Austro-Hungarian air force.
	www.squadron.com /old/euhd2/euhd2review.htm (1215 words)

	Bibliopolis: Days on the Wing: Being the War Memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de : Coppens, Willy
		Bibliopolis: Days on the Wing: Being the War Memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de : Coppens, Willy
		Days on the Wing: Being the War Memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de
		Memoirs of the First World War Belgian air ace Coppens, who specialised in shooting down German observation balloons.
	www.bibliopolis.com /cgi-bin/biblio/lostbooks_7994.html (86 words)

	Coppens de Houthulst (1979) Days on the wing
		Coppens de Houthulst (1979) Days on the wing
		World War, 1914-1918; Aerial operations, Belgian; Personal narratives, Belgian; Coppens de Houthulst, Willy
		To view the the latter's ratings, click on Chapters/Papers/Articles in the STATISTICS box, select a publication from the list that appears, and then click on either Quality or Interest in that publication's STATISTICS box.
	www.getcited.org /?PUB=101960103&showStat=Ratings (86 words)

	Red Baron 2 - Art Attack
		Grid Caldwell as been added as he was the top scoring New Zealand ace.
		Willy Coppens has been added as he was the leading Belgian ace, as well as Andre de Meulemeester, another Belgian Ace.
		The leading Scottish ace, John Gilmour has also been added.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/CloseCombatFuture/FFpatch_FAQ.htm (1799 words)

	In Print and out of Print Art Reference Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ant., 1980., 4to.,54 blz., ill., ppb., Order this book 19,50 080683 COPPENS, M. Honderd foto's van de Kathedraal van Sint Jan te s'Hertogenbosch.
		Ant., 1941, 4to., 230 blz., 100 afb.,geb Order this book 34,50 080348 COPPENS, M., THOUGHTS IN STONE.
		The Sint Jan, Hollands most glorious Cathedral seen by the photo- grapher Martien Coppens.
	www.interbook-artbooks.com /08A.HTM (11792 words)

	FineScale Modeler Community - Yet another Poll!!!!!......Greatest Fighter Pilot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		I've gotta go with Willy Coppens for my favorite.
		You mean Willy Coppens the Belgian fighter pilot?
	www.finescale.com /fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=7&TOPIC_ID=1179 (1331 words)

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