Capitaine Jacques Raphaël Roques (2 August 1897 – 24 May 1988)[1] was a Swiss citizen who flew for the French during World War I, where he was credited with five aerial victories.
[1][3][4] He was still a student when the war broke out in August 1914, and in October 1914, while preparing for his baccalauréat, he attended a preparatory school close to Lycée Carnot where he befriended Robert Bajac, whom he would later serve alongside and share several aerial victories.
[1][3] As a Swiss national Roques was assigned to the Foreign Legion unit 2ème régiment étranger,[1][4] with service number 36810.
[1] After two months in a reserve unit Roques was posted to Escadrille N.48 in early January 1917, based near Verdun,[1][3][4] to fly Nieuport 17 fighters.
[4] On 13 September 1917 Roques was awarded with the Belgian Croix de guerre with palm, presented by King Albert I at Bergues, and in November he was promoted to adjudant.
[1][3] On 19 February 1918 Sous-Lieutenant Bajac and Adjudants Roques and Edmond Caillaux, now flying the SPAD S.XIII, shot down a Rumpler two-seater which crashed near Nogent-l'Abbesse.
[3] He was discharged from the air force on 31 July 1940, following the fall of France,[3] but became an active member of the French Resistance for the rest of the war.