"The Eagle of Flanders" joined
the Belgian Air Service on 26 January 1915 and
was posted to 1ère Escadrille de Chasse
on 8 April 1917. Flying the Nieuport 17, de
Meulemeester scored six victories before his
unit was re-equipped
with the Hanriot HD.1. In the spring of 1918,
he was joined 9me, scoring four more victories
by the end of the war. During 511 sorties,
de Meulemeester engaged the enemy in aerial
combat
185 times, was wounded in action twice and
was attacked by British D.H.4s on two occasions.
In 1919, de Meulemeester left the army, gave
up flying and went to work in his family's
brewery
business.
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