Alexandre Pichodou

Alexandre Pichodou , born the October 15th 1905 with Plouigneau (Finistere), is a pilot French disappeared at sea with the crew from the " Cross of Sud" the December 7th 1936.

Biography

It engages in the maritime aviation for 5 years in quality of pilot of seaplane. It passes without interruption of the military service to the various airline companies: Air the East, then Air France. It is then affected with the Mediterranean network: Marignane, Beirut, Marignane-Tunis, then lastly with the South Atlantic sector.

It was decorated with the money medal of the Flying-club, of the cross of the Légion of honor.

It had with its credit 461 hours flight as soldier, 6430 hours of flight as civil pilot. He became millionaire on May 25th, 1936. He crossed 38 times the South Atlantic.

He disappeared at sea on December 7th, 1936, after twelve years of service, aboard seaplane " The Cross of Sud". the crew was composed of Jean Mermoz, chief of edge; Alexandre Pichodou, pilot; Henri Ézan, navigator; Edgar Cruvelhier, radio and Jean Lavidalie, mechanic.

They will be entitled to national funeral on December 30th, in Paris.

He was regarded as a professional except par.

Sources

Files of Christophe Meynard

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