THUY, Emile. (1894-1930). Leutnant.Victories = 35. Highest award = Pour le Merité (June 1918).
Enlisted in the 3rd Pioneer Regiment in August 1914 and was quickly posted to the Western Front.
In October 1914 he was badly wounded and repatriated to Germany as unfit for active service.
However, Thuy somehow managed to pass the medical for the GAAS and to graduate, first as a reconnaissance pilot in July 1915.
In this capacity, he acheived his first confirmed aerial victory on 8th September 1915.
In January 1917, he graduated as a fighter pilot.
Thuy received his commission as Leutnant in March 1917.
Served with FA 53 and Jastas 21 and 28, and became commander of the latter in September 1917, in France and, later, Flanders.
He was badly injured in a crash-landing in February 1918 but was able to return to duty.
In June 1918 was appointed to command JG 7, which comprised as Jastas 28, 33, 57 and 58. A tremendous achievement, in all respects, for a former private soldier invalided out of the Army in the first year of the War.
His final victory was an unidentified enemy aircraft on 14th October 1918.
Thuy survived the Great War but died in a flying accident at a Luftwaffe Flying School in 1930.
Confirmed victories
| Observation balloon. | 1 | |
| Aircraft Manufacturing Co. |
Airco DH 4. |
1 |
| Aircraft Manufacturing Co. |
Airco DH 9. |
1 |
| Caudron Fréres. |
Caudron ? |
2 |
| Royal Airforce Factory. |
RAF RE 8. |
1 |
| Royal Airforce Factory. |
RAF SE 5a. |
4 |
| Section Technique de l'Aeronautique. |
Dorand AR 2. |
1 |
| Société S.P.A.D. |
Spad ? |
11 |
| Sopwith Aviation Co. |
Sopwith Camel. |
|
| Unidentified enemy aircraft. |
4 |
|
| Total |
35 |
