Sous Lieutenant Paul Yvan Robert Waddington was a French World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.

[1] Paul Yvan Robert Waddington was born in Lyon, France, on 28 October 1893.

[1] Waddington joined the 141e Regiment d'Infanterie on 15 December 1914 as a Soldat de 2e classe.

[1] Between 12 April and 22 August 1918, he ran off a string of five victories each over enemy airplanes and observation balloons, with all but one of the wins being shared with such fellow French aces as Xavier Moissinac, Paul Barbreau, Louis Prosper Gros, Michel Coiffard, Jacques Ehrlich, and balloon buster Theophile Condemine.

[1] Waddington would later rise to lieutenant colonel and command a school for fighter pilots before World War II.