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MERMOZ Jean
L.A.S. ‘Mermoz’, Thionville, 21 January 1924, to his grandparents, the GILLETs; 2 pages, small quarto.
Account of a plane crash (14 January).
He spent four days at Le Bourget. ‘On the way back, whilst flying over Château-Thierry, my engine failed completely; the Marne valley was completely flooded, so I had to land on waterlogged ground; my wheels sank into the ground and I skidded backwards for about twenty metres. Although I was half-buried in the mud, I managed to free myself after five minutes’ effort and without any difficulty. […] I intend to set off for Istres as soon as the weather improves and the ground has dried out a little, because the slightest breakdown would mean certain disaster’…
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