Roger Labric (12 February 1893 – 24 May 1962) was a French journalist (specialising in aviation and motor racing), cyclist and racing driver. In 1920 he started in the

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, but did not finish the race. It was he who entered the Bugatti 57G cars in the 1937 Le Mans 24 Hour race (which saw victory for

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and Benoist in one of the cars). As well as contributing to specialist magazines and newspapers, he wrote several books: notably several histories of aviation in the

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, a history of the Le Mans 24 Hour race and a biography of his friend,

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Bibliography (possibly incomplete)

* Les Champs Bleus (vie courante d'une escadrille de combat) - Edouard-Joseph éditeur, 1923 * Un le l'aviation - Cosmopolites, 1932 * Classe 14 - Cosmopolites, 1932 * On se bat dans l'air - Nouvellese Editions Latines, 1933 * L'Avion de Minuit - Nouvelles Editions Latines, 1935 * La Grande Escadrille - Causse, Graille & Castelnau, Montpellier, 1941 * L'Escadre invisible - Editions Chantal, 1943 * Gisele Parachutiste - Editions Lajeunesse, 1945 * Carnet de Vol - Editions du Pavois, Paris, 1944 * Maurice Arnoux - Technique du livre, 1946 * Memoires d'un Avion de Combat - Société Privée d'Impression et d'Edition, Paris, 1946 * Robert Benoist, Champion du Monde - Edicta, Paris, 1946 * Les 24 Heures du Mans - Histoire d'une grande bataille pacifique et sportive - l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest, 1949 (illustrations by Géo Ham) * Si la course vous était contée - Nouvellese Editions Latines

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Labric, Roger 1893 births 1962 deaths French journalists 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers