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MERMOZ Jean
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93
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MERMOZ Jean
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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MERMOZ Jean
L.A.S. ‘Jean’, Toulouse, 26 January [1926], to his grandparents, the GILLETs; 2 pages, in-4, on letterhead from the Grands Cafés de Toulouse.
On his way to Casablanca; and his first medal.
He has returned from Casablanca. ‘I met Colonel Denain, who promised to help me. My friend is currently trying to sort things out in Paris with certain firms, but it’s proving difficult. My enquiries with the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine have borne fruit and I expect to be called up there in April.
On my arrival, the director informed me that I was the French pilot who had flown the greatest number of kilometres in 1925: 120,000 km in 810 hours. of flight time and that, as a result, I would probably be awarded the Aéro-Club de France’s gold medal before long. He then offered me the post of chief pilot at Aéro-gare on the Dakar route, for which I thanked him, as I was keen to progress in my career and did not wish to become stuck in a position that was more ceremonial than active. ‘In short, they’re doing everything they can to keep me here, but unfortunately they’re not addressing the financial aspect, which interests me somewhat more’…
Correspondence, no. 77.
Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
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