Suzanne Kohn (aviator) explained

Suzanne Kohn was a French aviator.

Kohn was born in Paris to a wealthy Jewish family; one of four children, her sister Antoinette would later become a noted painter and French Resistance fighter.[1]

In 1939, Kohn flew a Caudron C.600 Aiglon aircraft from Orly, France, to Madagascar. She departed on 25 May, reached Elisabethville on 13 June, and Ivato on 19 June.[2] On her return flight she stopped in Egypt, Syria and Tripolitania, Libya.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antoinette Sasse. Rebelle, Résistante et Mécène /. www.lumieresenarts.fr. fr-FR. 2017-02-18.
  2. Book: Ferry, Vital. Ciels impériaux africains, 1911-1940: les pionniers belges et français. Le gerfaut. 2005. 97.
  3. Web site: L'Humanité : journal socialiste quotidien. texte. Parti communiste français Auteur du. 1939-05-26. 2017-02-18.