Jean of Plessis de Grenédan

Biography

Jean of Plessis de Grenédan, Naval officer born in Rennes on January 15th, 1892, Naval college of 1909 to 1911, deceased the 21 or December 22nd, 1923.

Pilot of airship patented in 1917, it went celebrates by ordering Dixmude, one of both Zeppelin S French, and especially by establishing world records on his board. Its disappearance at sea the Mediterranean the 21 or December 22nd, 1923 (the exact date remains dubious) gave place to a formidable polemic.

Sources

Josselin of Plessis de Grenédan
Site of Brittany Aviation

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