# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-coppens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:32:13.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-coppens"
name: "Willy Coppens"
slug: "willy-coppens"
description: "Willy Omer François Jean baron Coppens de Houthulst, DSO MC was Belgium's leading fighter ace and the champion \"balloon buster\" of World War I. He was credited with 37 confirmed victories and six probables."
tagline: "Fighter ace (1892–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Coppens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1892-07-06"
deathDate: "1986-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.29
  momentum:             3.308823529411764
  historical:           9.223256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ويلى كوبينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens"
    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens"
    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens"
    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens_de_Houthulst"
    title: "Willy Coppens de Houthulst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens"
    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Коппенс, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Coppens"
    title: "Willy Coppens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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