Marc Pourpe
(1887-1914)
French aviation warfare pioneer
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Marc Pourpe (May 17, 1887 – December 2, 1914) was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was Marie-Anne Olympe, 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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1887
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2 December 1914 (aged 27)
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