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Marcel Dassault



Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault
MARCEL DASSAULT
French Aviation Industrialist - Statesman - Patriot
Born Paris, France, 22 January 1892. Graduated 1914 as one of the first aeronautical engineers of France. Manufacturer of aircraft parts in World War I, his first product was the propeller for the Spad fighters flown by Allied aces.

Designed and produced the successful Bloch 152, one of the few French fighters available to repel the 1940 invasion. Following WW II founded the Dassault Company, became Europe's leading aircraft builder, producing the famous Mystere jet fighter, and Europe's first Mach 2 aircraft, the Mirage.
Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1973