What is Pierre Simonet?
[[File:PR-2012-05-15 IMG 1501 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Pierre Adrien Simonet''' (27 October 1921 – 5 November 2020) was a French militant and senior official. He was with the [[Free French Forces]] before becoming a colonial administrator and international official. He was born in [[Hanoi]], [[French Indochina]]. Simonet's brigade was engaged in the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] in October 1942, aiding the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] in the [[Tunisian campaign]] against the [[Afrika Korps]], led by [[Erwin Rommel]]. On 18 June 1945, following the [[Liberation of Paris]] and [[Victory in Europe Day]], he piloted one of the three Piper Cubs which passed under the [[Eiffel Tower]]. Simonet died in [[Toulon]] on 5 November 2020 at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/11/06/pierre-simonet-l-un-des-trois-derniers-compagnons-de-la-liberation-est-mort-a-99-ans_6058680_3382.html|title=Pierre Simonet, l’un des trois derniers compagnons de la Libération, est mort à 99 ans|date=6 November 2020|work=Le Monde|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonet, Pierre}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French military people]] {{bio-stub}}