Major General Joseph Marie Xavier de Sévin (10 March 1894 – 7 November 1963) began his military career as a World War I flying ace credited with twelve confirmed aerial victories,[1] as well as thirteen unconfirmed ones.

[2] Joseph Marie Xavier de Sévin was born on 10 March 1894 in Toulouse, France.

At some point, de Sévin served in Morocco, at Istres; he also was the French Air Attaché in Bucharest.

[2] De Sévin commanded a flying school during World War II, and was in North Africa in 1943.

Wounded in the infantry at the beginning of the war, he transferred to aviation, downing his second enemy plane on 4 March 1917.

(Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur citation, 19 April 1917)[1][2] Awarded the Order of the British Empire during World War II.