1889-1911 AKA Jean Cei |
Photo courtesy of Valerio Vallini, 4-14-05 |
Biography | Resources |
L'Aviatore Italiano Magazine Versione italiana English Version |
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French license no. 353 obtained on February 1, 1911 Killed after an accident on 28 March 1911 in a Blériot |
License n° 347 obtained on 4 January 1911 Killed after an accident on 18 April 1911 in a Blériot |
My great uncle Paul Andrillon was a French fighter pilot over Macedonia in the Greek allied army from 1917 to 1918. He was flying in the N507 and N531 squadrons with Dieudonné Costes and Maurice Lashermes, French fighter pilots. Dieudonné Costes became very famous when he succeed in the first flight crossing the Atlantic from Paris to New York in 1930. Before flying for the army, Paul Andrillon use to go to aerial meetings around Paris in the 1910's looking at the first pioneer's experiences. He had been a witness to each of the accidents linked to these relics. |
If you have any more information on this pioneer Italian aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper Back |