Facts: - allegiance: france - death date: 4 june 1918 - commands: '' escadrille 102 , escadrille 99 '' - awards: legion de guerre d'honneur , croix de guerre , belgian croix - birth date: 16 september 1887 - unit: '' escadrille 67 '' - name: jean marie Emile derode - branch: cavalry ; aviation - birth place: st. jacques par lisieux , france - rank: capitaine Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jean derode .
capitaine jean-marie-Emile derode was a world war i flying ace credited with seven aerial victories .derode began the war as a dragoon , but switched to aviation in 1915 .he was posted to escadrille 67 to pilot a nieuport .he staked an unconfirmed claim on 16 october 1916 , and followed it up with official ones on 15 november and 27 december 1916 .he was given command of escadrille 102 , and began scoring with it on 23 april 1917 .he brought home a badly damaged machine from this sortie , and was honored for his effort with the medaille militaire .he continued to score with his squadron , reaching six confirmed and three unconfirmed by 6 march 1918 .his command was then switched to escadrille 99 .he used one of their spads to shoot down his seventh victim on 4 june 1918 , only to be promptly shot down himself .