Roland Glavany, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roland Glavany

French Aeronautical Engineer and test pilot

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2017

Profession: military personnel, test pilot, aeronautical engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Roland Glavany (20 April 1922 – 16 January 2017) was a French army general.Glavany trained as a pilot in World War 2 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.
He returned to the French Air Force in 1959.
He retired in 1978.