Émile Barrière

French aviator

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Émile Barrière
Born	(1902-02-15)15 February 1902 Toulouse^[1]
Died	10 February 1936(1936-02-10) (aged 33) Vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, South Atlantic^[1]
Cause of death	Aviation accident (presumed)
Nationality	French
Known for	Aviation engineer and one of the pioneers of commercial aviation in South America^[1]
Awards	L'ordre de la Nation (25 February 1936) Légion d'honneur (10 April 1936)^[2]
Aviation career
Full name	Émile Barrière
First flight	1932
Flight license	1933^[1]

Émile Barrière (1902-1936) was an early twentieth-century French aviator, who played a major role in the early development of commercial aviation in South America, rising to be director of Air France's South American network at the age of 31.^[1]

Disappearance

In February 1936, Barrière was a passenger on an Air France Latécoère 301 Ville de Buenos Aires which disappeared en route from Natal, Brazil to Dakar, French West Africa.^[3] After a radio message from the vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago reporting that the flying boat was flying in rain at an altitude of 300m, nothing more was ever heard of the aircraft.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Paul, Jean-Lin (2007). "Émile Barrière 1902 - 1936" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ "Émile Barrière" (in French). 2007. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ Reuter's Correspondent (Paris) (12 February 1936). "Ocean Search for Air Liner - Fears for Six Occupants". Irish Times. Dublin. p. 7.