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IMPORTANT FILE CONCERNING PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
See original version (French)
310
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IMPORTANT FILE CONCERNING PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
IMPORTANT FILE CONCERNING PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
Containing:
- Photographic prints.
- Typewritten documents relating to the war, including citations dated 13 November 1916, 25 December 1916 and 1 December 1916.
- Notice of award of the Military Medal. 12 April 1916.
- Notice of award of the Military Medal by decision of the King of England.
- Notice of award of the Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour. With authorisation to wear it.
- Notice of appointment as a Knight of the Legion of Honour with a citation dated 6 January 1917.
- Correspondence, notably regarding Henry Potez aeroplanes, certifying that Gavardie was employed as a pilot (1929), and from the PLAGE LASKIEWICZ company, for which Gavardie became the representative in France.
- Three pages of a handwritten ‘Conclusion’, probably intended for the Ministry of Air, setting out the concept for the ‘Cavalier’ aeroplane, which would eventually lead to the Potez 75.
- A draft written by Gavardie of a letter that René Fonck sent to the Minister of Aviation in 1952.
- Extract from the newspaper ‘AKHBAR’ dated 25 June 1916, recounting Gavardie’s exploits at the front, where he shot down an ‘Aviatik’ in the presence of the Duke of Connaught.
- Three sheets of letterhead paper from the Polish state aeronautical establishments ‘Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze’
- Handwritten service record.
- Numerous promotion and service records.
- A training logbook belonging to Lieutenant Edmond de Gavardie from July 1937, a 173-page manuscript containing Air Force Academy courses on the organisation of the Air Force, cryptography, navigation, communications, etc.
Important archives relating to the pilot Edmond de Gavardie
See original version (French)
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