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DAURAT Didier (1891–1969)
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DAURAT Didier (1891–1969)
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
DAURAT Didier (1891–1969)
P.S. (initials) as ‘Director of Operations’, Toulouse, 11 October 1927; half-page typewritten in-4, C.G.E.A. ink stamp.
‘Note for Messrs Negrin & Mermoz’ [following the non-stop flight between Toulouse and Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal].
‘We would like to reiterate our warmest congratulations on the splendid flight you have successfully completed, thereby breaking the records for the route between France and Senegal. We are sending you, by special courier, two 489 Ratier propellers and a radiator so that you may complete the mission we have entrusted to you. Chief Engineer Picard will be responsible for getting your aircraft back into working order.”
Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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