Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier (6 February 1877 – 15 January 1934) was a French
colonial administrator
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French Indochina
Pasquier served as the
governor-general
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of
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was a group of French dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954. It was initial ...
two times; from October 1926 to May 1927 (in temporary replacement of
Alexandre Varenne
Alexandre Varenne (3 October 1870 in Clermont-Ferrand – 16 February 1947 in Paris
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) and from December 1928 to January 1934.
He died when the
Dewoitine D.332
The Dewoitine D.332 was an eight-passenger airliner designed and built by the French aircraft manufacturer Dewoitine.
The D.332 was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane derived from the long distance Dewoitine D.33. The pilot and co-pilot w ...
airliner he was travelling on crashed near
Corbigny
Corbigny () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Geography
Corbigny is located at the western end of the Morvan hills and is one of the five entry points of Parc naturel régional du Morvan. The river Anguison, a tributar ...
(France) during a trip from Saigon to Paris.
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Dewoitine D.332
The Dewoitine D.332 was an eight-passenger airliner designed and built by the French aircraft manufacturer Dewoitine.
The D.332 was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane derived from the long distance Dewoitine D.33. The pilot and co-pilot w ...
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Entryin Léonore (''
Légion d'honneur
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'') database
1877 births
1934 deaths
Governors-general of French Indochina
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1934
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France