Adjutant Marcel Laurent Henriot was a French World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed aerial victories.

Biography
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Marcel Laurent Henriot was born in Saulnot, France on 3 September 1896.

He began a four year military enlistment on 2 January 1915, being assigned to artillery. On 29 June 1916, he transferred to aviation to learn to fly. He graduated training on 1 December 1916, receiving Military Pilot's Brevet No. 4998. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 65 on 19 March 1917. On 24 April 1917, he shot a German scout for his first aerial victory. He scored a couple more victories in late 1917. On 1 January 1918, having previously been promoted through lower enlisted ranks, he was promoted to Adjutant.

He would shoot down three more German aircraft during the latter part of 1918, with the last victory being on 28 September 1918. Henriot would end the war having been awarded the Médaille militaire, and the Croix de Guerre with five palms.

Marcel Laurent Henriot died in Nantes, France on 19 November 1952.

Sources of information

References
 Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918 London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. .

1896 births
1952 deaths
French World War I flying aces
People from Haute-Saône