Jacques Louis Ehrlich was born in Paris on 25 October 1893. He enlisted in the
French army on 29 May 1913. Three and a half years later, in December 1916, he transferred to aviation. In May 1917, he was
brevetted a pilot. Two months later, he was badly wounded while on a trench-strafing mission. He returned to duty in November as a newly promoted sergeant. Beginning on 30 June 1918, he was one of a "wolf pack" of his squadron's pilots dedicated to the highly hazardous pursuit of destroying German observation balloons. Three days later, he was shot down and captured while scoring his last win. After scoring with three low-level gunnery runs, Ehrlich,
Paul Petit, and another wingman ran into 11
Fokker D.VIIs; one of five notable Jewish aces in France. His score was matched by a Jewish-born German ace,
Wilhelm Frankl, who had converted to Catholicism to marry his Austrian bride. Ehrlich died in his native Paris on 10 August 1953. ==Honors and awards==