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221 - DAURAT, Didier (1891–1969)
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DAURAT, Didier (1891–1969) Letter, Toulouse, September 1, 1930, to Jean MERMOZ; 1 page, in-4. A letter to Mermoz following an accident during test flights. [Mermoz, who had married on August 23, immediately resumed test flights. On August 30, he was at the controls of the Laté 28-8 prototype; his plane exploded in flight, and Mermoz owed his life solely to the parachute that Daurat had forced him to put on; but the parachute canopy, torn by debris from the aircraft, accelerated Mermoz’s fall.] “Mr. Latécoère has decided to double the bonus awarded to you for your two world records.” He sent him the corresponding check and conveyed the best wishes of André and Marcel Bouilloux-Lafont: “They join their wishes to those we all express for your speedy recovery”... Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family
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