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Roland Glavany
French army general From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roland Glavany (20 April 1922 – 16 January 2017) was a French army general.[1][2][3]
Background
Glavany trained as a pilot in World War II and fought in North Africa with the Free French forces. In September 1943, he landed on Corsica as part of a parachute troop, and took part in the liberation of the island. He was wounded three times in the war.[1]
After the end of the war, he worked as a test pilot for Dassault, making the first flights of the MD.550 Mystère Delta, Mirage III and Mirage IV.[3] He returned to the French Air Force in 1959. He retired in 1978.[1]
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