Henri Guillaumet zostanie uratowany przez przyjaciela (AdS-E) by niedługo później zginąć w 15 miesiącu II Wojny Światowej (27 listopada 1940 roku). Zestrzelili go nie Niemcy, a Włosi.
POPRAWIAM: Henri Guillaumet zostanie uratowany przez przyjaciela (AdS-E) by długo później zginąć w 15 miesiącu II Wojny Światowej (27 listopada 1940 roku). Zestrzelili go nie Niemcy, a Włosi.
On November 27, 1940, Henri Guillaumet conveyed from Marseilles the new Vichy French prefect for Syria. His four-engined Farman never reached Beirut, his radioman's last message reporting that they were under attack and taking damage. My grand-uncle was very unlucky about the route and date, for on the same day, a minor aeronaval battle occured off Sardinia between the British and Italian Navies (Battle of Cape Teulada). Although his death was first and is still commonly credited to the Italians, it is now sometimes believed that a British FAA pilot could have shot him down after seeing his Vichy French roundels, fearing that this evil Axis puppet hidden under neutral markings could report the position of the British fleet.