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L'aviatore francese Garros fatto prigioniero dai tedeschi The French aviator Garros taken prisoner by the Germans. Photo, text & translation courtesy of Giovanni Giorgetti, 7-8-07

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Roland G. Garros", using the Google search engine, (11-20-03), you will find just two links, both of them only offering birth and death dates in a family tree site.

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RECOMMENDED READING

The Moisant International Aviators Memoirs Of ROLAND G. GARROS 1910 - 1911   Carroll F. Gray   Product Details Softcover: Velobind, 64 pages of text, Price: $ 24.00 (plus $ 5.00 S&H      total of $ 29.00) (US) Publisher: Little Looper Press ISBN: 0-9727059-0-2

Description: "LITTLE LOOPER PRESS, Ltd., currently offers "The Moisant International Aviators - Memoirs Of Roland G. Garros," a first-hand account by famed French aviator Roland Garros of his experiences while flying in the Americas under contract with The Moisant International Aviators during 1910 - 1911." Editor's Note: You can visit the website by clicking on the title.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Mike Kane, 8-12-07 Ralph: Mike Kane here again. Just a few facts about Roland Garros. After capture, Garros was transported to Fort Zorndorf in East Prussia, almost in Poland. Fort Zorndorf, not Fort 9, as many secondary sources claim, was the German’s highest security prison for key allied prisoners. Persistent escapers were transferred to Fort Zorndorf to cool their heels. Later, Garros was transferred to another less secure prison and escaped back to allied lines. Rejoining his squadron, Garros was shot down and killed in 1918. Mike Kane Pittsburg.Pa.

 

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