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310 - IMPORTANT FILE REGARDING PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
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IMPORTANT FILE REGARDING PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE Includes: - Photographic prints. - Typed documents regarding the war, including citations dated November 13, 1916, December 25, 1916, and December 1, 1916. - Notice of award of the Military Medal. April 12, 1916. - Notice of award of the Military Medal by decision of the King of England. - Notice of award of the Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valor. With authorization to wear it. - Notice of appointment as a Knight of the Legion of Honor with citation dated January 6, 1917. - Correspondence, notably regarding Henry Potez airplanes, certifying that Gavardie was employed as a pilot (1929), and from the PLAGE LASKIEWICZ company, for which Gavardie became the representative in France. - Three pages of a handwritten “Conclusion,” likely intended for the Ministry of Aviation to outline the concept of the “cavalier” aircraft that would eventually become the Potez 75. - A draft written by Gavardie of a letter that René Fonck sent to the Minister of Aviation in 1952. - Excerpt from the newspaper “AKHBAR” dated June 25, 1916, recounting Gavardie’s exploits at the front, where he shot down an “Aviatik” in the presence of the Duke of Connaught. - Three sheets of letterhead from the Polish state aeronautical establishments “Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze” - Handwritten service record. - Numerous promotion and service records. - A training logbook of Lieutenant Edmond de Gavardie from July 1937, a 173-page manuscript, covering Air Force Academy courses on the organization of the Air Force, cryptography, navigation, communications, etc. Extensive archives relating to the pilot Edmond de Gavardie
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