Marcel Haegelen

Marcel Émile Haeglen
Born	September 13, 1896(1896-09-13) Belfort, France
Died	May 24, 1950(1950-05-24) (aged 53) Hospital of Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France
Buried at	Cemetery of Ris-Orangis
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	Air Service
Rank	Colonel
Awards	Legion of Honour (Grand Officer), Médaille militaire, Croix de guerre

Colonel Marcel Émile Haegelen^[1] (13 September 1896 - 24 May 1950), Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre, was a World War I French flying ace credited with 22 victories.^[2]

After peace, he became test pilot for Hanriot aviation firm. He won in 1931 and 1932 ther aircraft challenge Coupe Michelin with a Lorraine Hanriot LH-41/2 aircrplane. On the second one, he registered world record of velocity flight on 2000 km distance with the speed of 263.900 km/h.

Mobilised as fighter pilot on beginning of World War II, lieutenant-colonel Marcel Haegelen won his 23d victory on board of a Curtiss H 75, shooting a German airplane on 14 June 1940.

Member of French Resistance, he was arrested by Germans in 1943 and jailed in Bourges.

When he died, he was Grand officier of Légion d'honneur.

References

• Military record #1 and #2 on French DoD website
• Catillon, Marcel (1997). Mémorial de l'Aéronautique : qui était qui ?. 1. Nouvelles Éditions Latines. ISBN 2-7233-0529-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=dpCCjvJ_fyQC&printsec=frontcover.  Catillon, Marcel (2004). Mémorial de l'Aéronautique : qui était qui ?. 2. Nouvelles Éditions Latines. ISBN 2-7233-2053-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=IyZ2pmwiup4C&printsec=frontcover. 

End notes

1. ^ Real identity and exact surname attested by Military Records from French Flying Service of First World War.
2. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/haegelen.php

Persondata
Name	Haegelen, Marcel
Alternative names	Haegelen, Marcel Émile (full name)
Short description	World War I flying ace
Date of birth	13 September 1896
Place of birth	Belfort, France
Date of death	24 May 1950
Place of death	Hospital of Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France