| Roland Glavany | |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1922 |
| Death Date: | 16 January 2017 (aged 95) |
| Branch: | French Air Force |
| Unit: | Free French Air Forces |
| Battles: | World War II |
Roland Glavany (20 April 1922 – 16 January 2017) was a French army general.[1] [2] [3]
Glavany trained as a pilot in World War II and fought in North Africa with the Free French forces. In September 1943, he landed on Corsica as part of a parachute troop, and took part in the liberation of the island. He was wounded three times in the war.
After the end of the war, he worked as a test pilot for Dassault, making the first flights of the MD.550 Mystère Delta, Mirage III and Mirage IV.[3] He returned to the French Air Force in 1959. He retired in 1978.