# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-edward-curdes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:54:26.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-edward-curdes"
name: "Louis Edward Curdes"
slug: "louis-edward-curdes"
description: "Louis Edward \"Lou\" Curdes was an American flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II who held the unusual distinctions of scoring an official and intentional air-to-air kill against another American aircraft as well as shooting down at least one aircraft from each of the major Axis powers."
tagline: "American flying ace (1919-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Screen-Shot-2016-06-28-at-12.37.49-PM-468x360.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-11-02"
deathDate: "1995-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.831824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "لويس ادوارد كورديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Edward_Curdes"
    title: "Louis Edward Curdes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Edward_Curdes"
    title: "Louis Edward Curdes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Edward_Curdes"
    title: "Louis Edward Curdes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Кёрдс, Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24515263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump