page_title: André Julien Chainat
section_title: Aerial service
hierarchical_section_title: André Julien Chainat / Aerial service
caption_attribution_description: English: Le sous-lieutenant aviateur Chainat.
context_page_description: Adjutant André Julien Chainat was a French World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories.
context_section_description: He was subsequently selected for pilot's training, and received Pilot's Brevet No. 1165 on 8 June 1915. Nine days later, he was promoted to corporal. Twelve days after that, he  was assigned to Escadrille 23; he was later transferred on to Escadrille 38 on 1 November 1915. He was injured twice in accidents with this squadron.
  On 17 January 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille 3. Four days later, he was promoted to Sergeant. He began using a Nieuport fighter; he added the motto L'Oiseau Bleu (Blue Bird) to the squadron markings on its fuselage. He used this motto, followed by a number, on each of his successive aircraft; his final SPAD VII was Blue Bird 6.
  From March to September 1916, he continued to score victories, including sharing victims with Georges Guynemer and Alfred Heurtaux. Chainat was wounded once during this victory string, on 19 June, which he overcame; his second wounding, on 7 September 1916, removed him from combat. On 10 October, he was promoted to Adjutant.
  On 1 January 1917, Chainat transferred to the 3eme Croupe d'Aviation.
caption: Sous-lieutenant Chainat in his Nieuport 17. He named his aircraft "Blue Bird".
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