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Marc Pourpe

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French aviation warfare pioneer

FranceLived 1887 to 1914 · aged 27
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Marc Marie Edmond Armand Pourpe was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was Anne-Marie Chassaigne, later known as the famous courtesan Liane de Pougy, and his father a young naval officer, Armand Pourpe. He made the first airmail flight in Egypt flying from Cairo to Khartoum.

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Marc Marie Edmond Armand Pourpe was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was Anne-Marie Chassaigne, later known as the famous courtesan Liane de Pougy, and his father a young naval officer, Armand Pourpe. He made the first airmail flight in Egypt flying from Cairo to Khartoum. Pourpe died in World War I on a reconnaissance mission over the Somme in December 1914.

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France
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Lived 1887 to 1914 · aged 27
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