Alfred Heurtaux

Alfred Heurtaux
Nickname(s)The Bullet Catcher
Born20 May 1893
Nantes, France
Died30 December 1985(1985-12-30) (aged 92)
Chantilly, France
Buried
Allegiance France
BranchArmée de Terre
Armée de l'Air
Years of service1912–1919, 1935–1945
RankBrigadier General
UnitEscadrille MS.26
Escadrille MS38
Escadrille 3
CommandsEscadrille 3
AwardsGrand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur
Croix de Guerre
Companion of the Order of Liberation
Knight of the Order of Leopold (Belgian)
Other workMember of the French Resistance during World War II.

Alfred Marie-Joseph Heurtaux (20 May 1893 – 30 December 1985) was a French World War I fighter ace credited with 21 victories. Later in his life, he joined the French Resistance during World War II, and survived imprisonment in Buchenwald death camp to become a brigadier general in the post war Armée de l'Air.