Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault (born January 22, 1892 in Paris , † April 18, 1986 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ; born Marcel Bloch ) was a French aviation entrepreneur .
Life
Bloch was the son of a Jewish general practitioner. He attended the traditional Paris high school Lycée Condorcet and an elite university , the Aviation University (ENSAE). He was one of the first aviation and aerospace students in France. During the First World War in 1917 he developed a very efficient wooden propeller for the French Air Force under the name Éclair ( French for 'lightning') . In 1928 he founded the aviation company Société des Avions Marcel Bloch . After the Compiègne armistice (1940) Bloch was supposed to work for the German occupiers as a so-called “economically valuable Jew”. He was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp . In the concentration camp he converted to the Catholic faith. Bloch refused any cooperation with the German aviation industry, but survived through the protection of a confidante of Wilhelm Canaris . In 1949 he changed his name from Bloch to Dassault. Dassault was the pseudonym of his brother General Darius Paul Bloch , who was in the French Resistance . The name alludes to the resistance (code name “Chardasso”) and is probably derived from char d'assaut , the French term for “battle tank”.
Dassault later also developed the Mystère and Mirage fighter aircraft and managed SA Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation with 16,000 employees until his death.
From 1951 to 1956 Marcel Dassault was a member of the French National Assembly for the Alpes-Maritimes department and from 1957/1958 a senator for the Oise department , as well as the age-president of the National Assembly.
Marcel Dassault is the father of Serge Dassault , the publisher and second richest man in France.
Well-known aircraft designs
- Bloch MB.130 / Bloch MB.131
- Bloch MB.150
- Bloch MB.162
- Bloch MB.174
- Bloch MB.200
- Bloch MB.210
- Dassault Etendard
- Dassault Mystère
- Dassault Mirage
- Dassault Ouragan
- Dassault Super Étendard
- Dassault Super Mystère
- Dassault Rafale
- Dassault Falcon
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marcel Bloch-dassault Dead at 94 .
- ↑ Information on the person on the website of the French Senate (French) , accessed on January 17, 2014
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dassault, Marcel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bloch, Marcel (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French operator |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1892 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1986 |
Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |