Captain Robert Martinet, pilot, 3rd Air Group (3rd GA). Death for France (1917). Robert François Martinet was born on December 24, 1885 in Ancon in Peru of French parents. He is the son of Jean Henri Martinet, originally from Bransat in the department of Allier (France) and Marta Rosa Gatti, from Medole (Italy). He obtained his pilot's license under No. 78, May 17, 1910. Robert Martinet was decorated with the Legion of Honor on July 14, 1912 in Compiegne by General de Trentinian. His teammate is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Legagneux" class="extiw" title="en:Georges Legagneux">Georges Legagneux</a>. The two airmen created the Corbelieu aerodrome near Compiègne with a flying school on Henry Farman aircraft. Georges Legagneux kills himself during the Air Show in Saumur on July 6, 1914. In service ordered during the First World War, Captain Robert Martinet was killed in a Farman airplane test near Mikra, Greece, on April 9, 1917.
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