Roland Garros

✶October 6, 1888

†October 5, 1918

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About their life

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. A self-taught pilot, he performed many early aviation feats such as the first-ever airplane crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in 1913. He later joined the French Army and became one of the earliest fighter pilots during First World War.

Reunionese aviator

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Biography from the article Roland Garros on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.