René Guilbaud
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René Guilbaud (8 October 1890 – disappeared 18 June 1928) was an early 20th-century French military aviator.
Long-distance flights[edit | edit source]
Guilbaud was celebrated mainly for long-range flights, by flying boat across Africa in 1926 and 1927, first in a Lioré et Olivier LeO H-190 and then in a CAMS 37.
Disappearance[edit | edit source]
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Guilbaud disappeared in the Barents Sea in June 1928, while piloting a Latham 47 flying boat in which Roald Amundsen was travelling to join the search for survivors of the crash of the airship Italia. While debris from his aircraft was subsequently located by late August, no trace has ever been found of the occupants.[1]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
The mountain Guilbaudtoppen in Sørkapp Land, Spitsbergen (Svalbard), is named after him.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
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Books[edit | edit source]
- La vie héroïque de René Guilbaud 1890-1928 - Coindreau (Roger), 1958
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Fred Goldberg, Drama in the Arctic, S.O.S. Italia, Oslo, Fram Museum, 2003
- ↑ Guilbaudtoppen (Svalbard). Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved from link
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- 1890 births
- 1928 deaths
- 1920s missing person cases
- French aviators
- Missing aviators
- People lost at sea
- Recipients of the Medal of Aeronautic Valor
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in international waters
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1928