Jean Alfred Fraissinet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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World War I French flying ace; Assemblee Nationaile member
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Place of Birth: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
About Jean Alfred Fraissinet
- Heir to the Compagnie Fraissinet, Lieutenant (later Captain) Jean Alfred Fraissinet also served in the French Air Force during World War I, becoming a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
- Postwar, he took the helm of his family's shipping line in 1927.
- He founded two newspapers and bought another.
- He also bought the Château Saint-Maur and transformed it into a winery.
- The capstone of his career came in 1958, when he was elected to his nation's National Assembly as a member of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants.
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