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316 - RENÉ FONCK, THE ACE OF ACES OF WORLD WAR I
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RENÉ FONCK, THE ACE OF ACES OF WORLD WAR I Collection of memorabilia including: - Renaud de LA FREGEOLIERE, *À tire d’Ailes*. An Aviator’s Flight Log, Librairie Plon, 1916, 311 pages, with a dedication to René Fonck: “To the Ace of Aces, a tribute from a fellow fighter pilot. Spad 12. Given by René Fonck to Edmond de Gavardie” - Letter from René Fonck to Edmond de Gavardie. - Signed typescript, dated January 9, 1940. In it, he urges him not to lose heart in the development of his “universal turret.” Enclosed is a letter from the office of the Minister of Armaments dated June 1940, rejecting his project for a swiveling turret and referring him to the aeronautics technical section. - “Fifteen Interviews with René Fonck.” A 126-page typescript by Edmond de Garvardie (signed Henry DUFAUR) with a table of contents and two appendices. Also included is a second typescript interspersed with original handwritten notes by Garvardie. - Collection of typewritten and handwritten documents on Fonck’s exploits A collection of René Fonck memorabilia, the leading ace of World War I
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