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226 - COLLENOT, Alexandre (1902–1936), mechanic.
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COLLENOT, Alexandre (1902–1936), mechanic. 2 letters, 1930–1936, to Jean MERMOZ; 4 pages, in-8. Toulouse, November 18, 1930. He would be happy to “help prepare your seaplane, and would be very pleased if I could join you in Marignane”; he hopes to return to Buenos Aires. Dakar, January 19, 1936. He does not understand why his salary was reduced; yet he was told that they took into account “the fact that I hadn’t flown many kilometers during the last two years, when I was assigned to testing and fine-tuning the Arc-en-Ciel”; he’s counting on Mermoz to sort this out… Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family
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