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Place of Birth: Cuffy, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Edith Clark
- Edith Georgette Clark (also known as Edith Boiteux, 15 June 1904 - 16 March 1937) was a French aviator and parachutist.Clark was born in Cuffy, in the Cher region of France, on 15 June 1904.
- She worked as a typist and became interested in aviation, however she could not afford the expenses of flying lessons on her salary.
- Instead, she started parachuting and earned money testing different types of military parachutes.
- She also aimed to set a record for jumping from the lowest permitted altitude, and performed stunts such as jumping from the top of a 20-metre fire engine ladder in Bucharest, and from the roof of the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris.In 1926, Clark joined a Freemasons Lodge in Paris, and became the secretary of the lodge.Clark accompanied Madeleine Charnaux in her attempts to break altitude records, and on 29 January 1935 she was a passenger when Charnaux flew to 6,115m, the altitude record for light aircraft.In 1936, Clark obtained her permit from the Ministry of Air and became a professional paratrooper.Clark died in a parachuting accident on 16 March 1937 at the Avignon-Pujaut Military Training Center in Avignon.
- She had carried out two successful test jumps with a new model of Air Force parachute, when she jumped from a height of 500 metres and the parachute did not open.
- She died on impact.
- It was her 200th parachute jump.Clark was initially buried in Meaux, however her remains were later transferred to Nevers.
- The Ministry of Air gave Clark a posthumous citation recognising her bravery for the Ordre de la nation (Order of the Nation).
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