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COLLENOT, Alexandre (1902–1936), engineer.
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226
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COLLENOT, Alexandre (1902–1936), engineer.
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
COLLENOT, Alexandre (1902–1936), engineer.
2 letters, 1930–1936, to Jean MERMOZ; 4 pages, in-8.
Toulouse, 18 November 1930. He would be delighted to ‘take part in the preparation of your seaplane, and would be very pleased if I could join you in Marignane’; he hopes to return to Buenos Aires.
Dakar, 19 January 1936. He does not understand why his salary has been reduced; yet he was told that account was taken “of the fact that I had not covered many kilometres during the last two years whilst I was assigned to the testing and fine-tuning of the Arc-en-Ciel”; he is counting on Mermoz to sort this out…
Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Then passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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