Emile Jeannin

Mimi Jeannin always elegant Johannistal 1911

Jeannin, 1910 in Mannheim on a Farman biplane

Jeannin in front of his steel dove

Jeannin Stahltaube, exhibited in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin

Emile Jeannin (born February 28, 1875 in Mulhouse , Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , † April 10, 1957 in Strasbourg ; also: Emil, nickname Mimi ) was a Franco-German aviation pioneer .

Emile Jeannin, a brother of Henri Jeannin , was a popular cyclist from a young age , he also raced automobiles and motor boats.

From 1906 to 1908 he ran the Sun Motorwagen Gesellschaft E. Jeannin & Co. KG in Berlin .

Around 1909 Jeannin learned to fly at Farman in Mourmelon (France) and was then a pilot at the aviation aircraft works , in which his brother had shares, until 1911 . On April 27, 1910, he acquired the German pilot's license No. 6 at the Johannisthal airfield . In the same month he set a flight record of around two hours (with an aircraft that did not comply with the regulations). On August 6, 1910, he won the 4th Lanz Prize in Mannheim on an aviation biplane. At the end of September he won the overland flight Trier-Metz. In February 1912 he founded his own company in Johannisthal near Berlin and constructed the “steel dove” with René Freindt from Lorraine . In 1913/14 he built 37 steel pigeons for the army administration. The price was between 22,000 and 25,000 gold marks each.

When the First World War broke out , Emile Jeannin had problems in Germany because of his French descent, among other things. In May 1915, the National Airplane Works (NFW) emerged from his aircraft factory , which in 1917 was incorporated into the German Airplane Works (DFW). After the war, Jeannin had problems in Mulhouse (now Mulhouse ) with the French military government, which accused him of building aircraft for Germany. Due to a moral offense , Jeannin was arrested in Berlin in May 1921 and sentenced at the end of August for an offense under Section 176 of the Reich Criminal Code (indecent acts on girls under the age of 14) in four cases to imprisonment of 3 years and 6 months and to loss of honor for 5 years . After serving his sentence, Jeannin returned to his hometown and was recognized as a French citizen in 1925.

literature

Marian Krzyzan, Holger Steinle : The Jeannin steel pigeon A.180 / 14. , Mittler & Sohn publishing house, 1989

Web links

Jeannin Stahltaube , FliegerWeb.com

Footnotes

Remarks

↑ The date of birth February 29, 1874, published by the German Aviation Association in its pilot lists and quoted by many sources, is not a valid calendar date (1874 was not a leap year) and is incorrect.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b birth certificate no. 409/1875, Mülhausen mayor. Microfilm Elément n ° 477, top left. In: Mulhouse, Naissances 1874–1876. Archives Départementales du Haut-Rhin, Colmar , accessed on April 10, 2020 .
↑ For information on the place and date of death, see margin note (stamped) on the birth certificate ( French: “Décédé (e) à Strasbourg, le dix Avril mil neuf cent cinquante sept.” ).
↑ Un peu d'histoire sur l'usine AVIATIK on victor.stoeffler.pagesperso-orange.fr
↑ Emile Jeannin, Contact !: The Story of the Early Aviators by Henry Serrano Villard, Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, New York in the Google Book Search
↑ Karl-Dieter Seifert: The Lanz Prize of the Skies - a driving force for German aviation. (PDF) In: LOGBUCH. Reservist Comradeship Marine Berlin, July 3, 2009, accessed on November 1, 2016 .
↑ Sonja Steiner-Welz: Schütte-Lanz aircraft from Mannheim ; P. 145
↑ Bruno Lange: The book of German aviation technology. Volume 1, p. 31
↑ The Jeannin Trial. (PDF; 5.5 MB) In: First supplement to the morning edition of the Berliner Volks-Zeitung. Berlin State Library , August 27, 1921, accessed on June 23, 2020 (3rd column).
^ The judgment in the Jeannin trial. (PDF; 5.6 MB) In: Berliner Tageblatt and Handels-Zeitung, morning edition, page 4. Berlin State Library , August 30, 1921, accessed on June 23, 2020 (2nd column below).

personal data
SURNAME	Jeannin, Emile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jeannin, Emil; Jeannin, Mimi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-French aviation pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mulhouse , Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1957
Place of death	Strasbourg

[2] The date of birth February 29, 1874, published by the German Aviation Association in its pilot lists and quoted by many sources, is not a valid calendar date (1874 was not a leap year) and is incorrect.

[GebUrk-1] birth certificate no. 409/1875, Mülhausen mayor. Microfilm Elément n ° 477, top left. In: Mulhouse, Naissances 1874–1876. Archives Départementales du Haut-Rhin, Colmar , accessed on April 10, 2020 .

[3] For information on the place and date of death, see margin note (stamped) on the birth certificate ( French: “Décédé (e) à Strasbourg, le dix Avril mil neuf cent cinquante sept.” ).

[4] Un peu d'histoire sur l'usine AVIATIK on victor.stoeffler.pagesperso-orange.fr

[5] Emile Jeannin, Contact !: The Story of the Early Aviators by Henry Serrano Villard, Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, New York in the Google Book Search

[6] Karl-Dieter Seifert: The Lanz Prize of the Skies - a driving force for German aviation. (PDF) In: LOGBUCH. Reservist Comradeship Marine Berlin, July 3, 2009, accessed on November 1, 2016 .

[7] Sonja Steiner-Welz: Schütte-Lanz aircraft from Mannheim ; P. 145

[lange-8] Bruno Lange: The book of German aviation technology. Volume 1, p. 31

[9] The Jeannin Trial. (PDF; 5.5 MB) In: First supplement to the morning edition of the Berliner Volks-Zeitung. Berlin State Library , August 27, 1921, accessed on June 23, 2020 (3rd column).

[10] The judgment in the Jeannin trial. (PDF; 5.6 MB) In: Berliner Tageblatt and Handels-Zeitung, morning edition, page 4. Berlin State Library , August 30, 1921, accessed on June 23, 2020 (2nd column below).