Deperdussin, Armand Jean-Auguste

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Deperdussin, Armand Jean-Auguste

Name: Deperdussin, Armand Jean-Auguste Years: 1870-1924 Nationality: Belgian Remarks: Belgian businessman who formed the SPAD aircraft company in France in 1910

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Deperdussin founded the Société Provisoire des Aéroplanes Deperdussin in 1910^[1].

On August 5, 1914, Deperdussin was arrested on charges of embezzlement. The SPAD board of directors were forced to find a new director for the company, and chose prominent French aviator Louis Blériot. Under Blériot a new company, the Societe Anonyme por l'Aviation et ses Derives, was formed in August, 1914 and took over the assets of the original SPAD while retaining its acronym^[1].

Deperdussin was finally convicted on March 30, 1917 and sentenced to five years imprisonment, but was immediately released under the provisions of France's First Offenders Act^[1].

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• Armand-Jean-Auguste Deperdussin

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Spad Fighters in Action, pg. 4