Pierre-Marie Bigot
Pierre-Marie Bigot (22 December 1909 – 11 January 2008) was a French Air Force general. He was dismissed from the Air Force and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for taking part in the Algiers putsch of 1961.[1] Freed in 1965, he was reinstated in his rank by the 1982 amnesty law.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Théolleyre, J.-M. (8 June 1961). "L'EX-GÉNÉRAL PIERRE-MARIE BIGOT est condamné à quinze ans de détention criminelle". Le Monde.
- ^ "France Décès du général Bigot, qui avait participé au putsch d'Alger". L'Orient-Le Jour. 18 January 2008.
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 2008 deaths
- French anti-communists
- French Air Force generals
- French Air Force personnel who were court-martialed
- French nationalists
- French prisoners and detainees
- People convicted of treason against France
- Military personnel from Algiers
- Commanders of the Legion of Honour
- French military personnel of the Algerian War