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"Lionel" DE MARMIER, December 23th, 1921. at Le Bourget
Aircraft is a four-seated Potez type IX, operated by Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.
Airline Pilot with the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne, where he was in Charge of the Paris-Bucharest (Romania) and Paris-Warsaw (Poland) Routes, Lionel DE MARMIER takes off Octobre, 27th 1921 (with his friend Albert DEULLIN on SPAD Limousine) for a Study Trip, from Paris to Constantinople.
At this Time, diplomatic Relations between France and Turkey were in the News.
Indeed, the "Angora Agreement" aka "Franklin-Bouillon Treaty", was signed October 20th.
From Then on, a new Frontier between Turkey and Syria was drawn (its Outline's still available Today), the kemalist Administration regained Control of Cilicia, and Tens of Thousands of christian People (most of them were Armenians) were exiled.
Diplomatic Airports Transfers were daily Reality: People flocked to the Train Stations !!
Original caption says:
"L'aviateur De Marmier, qui vient d'accomplir le raid Constantinople - Paris, arrive au Bourget".
And Credits are stamped on back (flic.kr/p/22sk5WE):
Agence de Reportage Photographique
"MEURISSE"
9, Faubourg Montmartre, PARIS
Téléphone: Central 04-03
La mention "Photo-Meurisse" est obligatoire
More about "Lionel" De Marmier in french:
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_de_Marmier
More about him in English:
"Lionel" DE MARMIER, December 23th, 1921. at Le Bourget
Aircraft is a four-seated Potez type IX, operated by Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.
Airline Pilot with the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne, where he was in Charge of the Paris-Bucharest (Romania) and Paris-Warsaw (Poland) Routes, Lionel DE MARMIER takes off Octobre, 27th 1921 (with his friend Albert DEULLIN on SPAD Limousine) for a Study Trip, from Paris to Constantinople.
At this Time, diplomatic Relations between France and Turkey were in the News.
Indeed, the "Angora Agreement" aka "Franklin-Bouillon Treaty", was signed October 20th.
From Then on, a new Frontier between Turkey and Syria was drawn (its Outline's still available Today), the kemalist Administration regained Control of Cilicia, and Tens of Thousands of christian People (most of them were Armenians) were exiled.
Diplomatic Airports Transfers were daily Reality: People flocked to the Train Stations !!
Original caption says:
"L'aviateur De Marmier, qui vient d'accomplir le raid Constantinople - Paris, arrive au Bourget".
And Credits are stamped on back (flic.kr/p/22sk5WE):
Agence de Reportage Photographique
"MEURISSE"
9, Faubourg Montmartre, PARIS
Téléphone: Central 04-03
La mention "Photo-Meurisse" est obligatoire
More about "Lionel" De Marmier in french:
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_de_Marmier
More about him in English: