{"product_id":"french-world-war-i-flying-aces-von-undefined","title":"French World War I flying aces","description":"\u003cp\u003eSource: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Chapters: Roland Garros, Georges Guynemer, Charles Nungesser, René Fonck, Raoul Lufbery, Alfred Heurtaux, Armand Pinsard, Georges Madon, Michel Coiffard, Jean Navarre, William Thaw II, Marcel Marc Dhôme, Maurice Boyau, Jean Casale, Georges Lachmann, Léon Bourjade, Jacques Ortoli, Gilbert Sardier, Hector Garaud, Bernard Artigau, Jean Andre Pezon, Adrien L. J. Leps, Bernard Barny de Romanet, Henri Albert Péronneau, Auguste Lahoulle, Charles Nuville, Marcel Nogues, Arthur Coadou, René Dousinelle, Théophile Henri Condemine, Dieudonne Costes, Louis Prosper Gros, Adolphe Pégoud, Jean Chaput, Lucien Gasser, Jean Bozon-Verduraz, Jean G. Bouyer, Gustave Douchy, William Herisson, Jean Matton, Ernest Maunoury, Marcel Haegelen, Maurice Bizot, Alexandre Bretillon, Laurent B. Ruamps, Jean Derode, François de Rochechouart, Fernand Bonneton, Alfred Auger, André Dubonnet, Armond J. Berthelot, Charles Quette, André Robert Lévy, Francis Guerrier, François Battesti, François Delzenne, Joseph-Henri Guiguet, François Portron, Yves F. Barbaza, Eugene Weismann, Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, Paul Gastin, Paul Santelli, Marie Vitalis, Jules Covin, Robert Delannoy, Jean-Paul Favre De Thierrens, Antoine Paillard, Constant Plessis, Marcel Henriot, Albert Achard. Excerpt: Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser, MC (15 March 1892 - presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, rating third highest in the country for air combat victories during World War I. After the war, Nungesser mysteriously disappeared on an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, flying with wartime comrade François Coli in The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc). Their aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927, was sighted once more over Ireland, and then was never seen again. The disappearance of Nungesser is considered one of the great mysteries in the history of aviation, and modern speculation is that the aircraft was either lost over the Atlantic or crashed in Newfoundland or Maine. Two weeks after Nungesser and Coli's attempt, Charles Lindbergh successfully made the journey, flying solo from New York to Paris in Spirit of St. Louis. Monuments and museums honoring Nungesser and Coli's attempt exist at the Le Bourget airport in Paris and on the cliffs of Étretat, the location from which their plane was last sighted in France. Charles Nungesser was born on 15 March 1892 in Paris, and as a child was very interested in competitive sports. After attending the École des Arts et Métiers, where he was a mediocre student who nonetheless excelled in sports such as boxing, he went to South America; first to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to search for an uncle who could not be located and then onto Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked as an auto mechanic before becoming a professional racer. His interest in racing soon led him to flying airplanes; Nungesser learned to fly by using a Bleriot plane owned by a friend. After he eventually found his missing uncle, he worked on his sugar plantation in the Buenos Aires province. When World War I broke out, Nungesser returned to France where he enlisted with the 2e Régiment de Hussard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781155620978\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781155620978","offer_id":48822291366213,"sku":"9781155620978","price":17.34,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/68fc5718-1aae-42b4-b334-2b7396835828.jpg?v=1726200600","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/french-world-war-i-flying-aces-von-undefined","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}