Education
École Polytechnique.
École Polytechnique.
He was an ace over enemy observation balloons, as well as enemy airplanes. Nogues joined the artillery on 4 September 1914. After volunteering for pilot"s training, he was detached from the artillery to aviation on 24 January 1916.
He gained his Military Pilot"s Brevet, Number.
3486, on 20 May 1916. He then underwent a series of advanced training assignments, at Dijon, Ambrieu, Avord, Cazau, and Pau.
On 26 September 1916, he was posted to Escadrille N12 (the "North" representing Nieuport). On 4 March 1917, he shared a victory with Joseph de Sevin.
He scored a second time on 12 April.
lieutenant did not take him long to escape and rejoin his squadron, as he was promoted from Maréchal-des-logis to Adjutant on 20 July 1917 and wounded by shrapnel on 13 August 1917. Upon recovery, he was reassigned to Escadrille Spa 57 as a Spad pilot on 12 April 1918. Nogues was credited with downing an Albatros over Assainvillers on 2 May 1918.
He steadily accumulated victories through May and June, mostly solo, though he shared one with Jean Albert Fraissinet.
On 26 September 1918, Nogues became a balloon buster ace, downing his fifth gasbag for his thirteenth victory. As the war ended, Nogues was transferred to Escadrille 172.
On 5 October 1919, Marcel Nogues died several hours after receiving a blow to the larynx in a rugby match. Chevalier de la Légion d"Honneur.
