Marcel Émile Haeglen | |
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Born | September 13, 1896 Belfort, France |
Died | May 24, 1950 Hospital of Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France |
(aged 53)
Buried at | Cemetery of Ris-Orangis |
Allegiance | France |
Service/branch | Air Service |
Rank | Colonel |
Awards | Legion of Honour (Grand Officer), Médaille militaire, Croix de guerre |
Colonel Marcel Émile Haegelen[1] (13 September 1896 - 24 May 1950), Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre, was a World War I French flying ace credited with 22 victories.[2]
After peace, he became test pilot for Hanriot aviation firm. He won in 1931 and 1932 ther aircraft challenge Coupe Michelin with a Lorraine Hanriot LH-41/2 aircrplane. On the second one, he registered world record of velocity flight on 2000 km distance with the speed of 263.900 km/h.
Mobilised as fighter pilot on beginning of World War II, lieutenant-colonel Marcel Haegelen won his 23d victory on board of a Curtiss H 75, shooting a German airplane on 14 June 1940.
Member of French Resistance, he was arrested by Germans in 1943 and jailed in Bourges.
When he died, he was Grand officier of Légion d'honneur.