Maurice Finat
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Maurice Finat | |
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| File:Orly - concours des avions de Tourisme - Finat (portrait à 2 m) - btv1b9047847r.jpg Finat in 1931 | |
| Born | July 29, 1894 |
| Died | April 20, 1935 (aged 40) |
| Occupation | Aviator |
| Known for | Flight Distance Record Holder |
| Awards | File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg Legion of Honour
File:Medaille militaire ribbon.svgMédaille militaire File:Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 ribbon.svgCroix de guerre |
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Maurice Finat was a French aviator. He served in the French Air Force during the First World War. He specialized in light aircraft. In 1927, he set the record for longest distance flown in a plane, at a length of 539 miles (868 kilometers).[1]
He died near Moshi in 1935 when his plane crashed.[2]
For his service in World War One, he was honored as a Knight of the Legion of Honor.