Marcelle Choisnet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French aviator
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Place of Birth: Versailles, Île-de-France, France
About Marcelle Choisnet
- Marcelle Hélène Choisnet (also known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard; 9 May 1914 – 14 July 1974) was a French aviator.Choisnet was born in Versailles, Yvelines, France, and worked as a seamstress.
- She became interested in aviation and started to take flying lessons however the cost proved prohibitive.
- Instead, she took up gliding.
- Choisnet held a number of national and world records for gliding in both single-seater and twin-seater gliders, such as the world record for duration of flight for a woman, at 35 hours 3 minutes.In 1951, Choisnet was awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal.Choisnet died in a gliding accident at Chartres on 14 July 1974.
- She was buried in the cemetery at Beynes, Yvelines.Choisnet married a fellow pilot, Jacques Gohard, and was sometimes known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard.
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