OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF LUDOVIC ARRACHART AT AIRFIELD GETAFE (MADRID) 1920 - MEASURES 18 X 13.5 CMS. - LOWER LEFT TAPED TO THE BACK - PHOTOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY PEN BACK. BORN AUGUST 15, 1897, MAISONS (FRANCE) BESANçON - MAY 23, 1933, WAS A FRENCH MILITARY AVIATOR. GOT RECORDS AND SEARCHES THAT WERE MADE OF L ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF INTERCONTINENTAL AVIATION. RECORDS ON BEAT TWO IN PARTICULAR: FIRST 3,166 KM BETWEEN ETAMPES AND RIO DE ORO IN AFRICA AND BELOW, 4,305 KM FROM PARIS TO BASRA IN IRAQ (IN 1926, WITH HIS BROTHER PAUL). IN 1917, WAS A VOLUNTEER, THEN A SECOND LIEUTENANT WAS CONVIRTIEN. LEADING THE SQUAD ISKENDERUN, SYRIA, FROM 1919 TO 1922 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE TRIALS OF THE COMMISSION (192325). IN JUNE 1924, HE WON THE MICHELIN CUP. MURICERCA ETAMPES CRASHING HIS CAMERA WHILE HE WAS CONDUCTING TESTS TO COMPETE IN THE DEUTSCH DE LA MEURTHE CUP.

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