Jean Bastien Thiry

JeanMarie BastienThiry was a French Air Force lieutenantcolonel and military air weaponry engineer. He was the creator of the Nord SS.10SS.11 missiles. He attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle onAugust 1962, following de Gaulles decision to accept Algerian independence. The attack made international headlines. BastienThiry was the last person to be executed by firing squad in France.

BastienThiry was born to a family of Catholic military officers in Lunville, MeurtheetMoselle. His father had known de Gaulle in the 1930s and was a member of the Gaullist RPF. He attended the cole Polytechnique, followed by the cole nationale suprieure de lAronautique, then entered the French Air Force where he specialized in the design of airtoair missiles. In 1957, he was promoted to principal military air engineer. He was married to Genevive Lamirand, the daughter of Georges Lamirand . The latter had been Vichy France General Secretary of Youth from September 1940 to March 1943, but the rest of the family was Free French. He had three daughters with her.

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