What is Alphonse Poirée?
{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Alphonse Poirée''' (31 December 1883, [[Gron, Yonne|Gron]] - 14 November 1922, [[Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis|Villepinte]]) was a French aviator, in the First World War, and post-war test pilot. He was awarded the Order of St. George, and Knight of the Legion of Honor .<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPXNAAAAMAAJ&q=Alphonse+Poir%C3%A9e|title=L'Aérophile: revue technique et pratique de la locomotion aérienne|date=1922|publisher=Blondel la Rougery|language=fr}}</ref> During [[World War I]], he was attached to the Russian Army.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSv9UffoNUQC&dq=Alphonse+Poir%C3%A9e&pg=PT47|title=The First Air War: 1914-1918|last=Kennett|first=Lee|date=1999-07-30|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-0545-0|language=en}}</ref> After the war, he was killed testing the Caudron C 74, when a propeller severed the tail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/escadrille582.htm|title=L'escadrille_582|website=albindenis.free.fr|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=28033|title=Accident Caudron C-74 F-ESAB, 14 Nov 1922|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Poiree, Alphonse}} [[Category:1883 births]] [[Category:1922 deaths]] [[Category:French aviators]] [[Category:French military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:Legion of Honour]] [[Category:People from Cher]]