Is Jacqueline Auriol still alive?

Deceased (1917–2000)
Jacqueline Auriol/Living or Deceased

What happened Jacqueline Auriol?

Auriol was severely injured in a crash of a SCAN 30 in which she was a passenger in 1949—many of the bones in her face were broken—and spent nearly three years in hospitals undergoing 33 reconstructive operations.

How old was Jacqueline Auriol when she died?

82 years (1917–2000)
Jacqueline Auriol/Age at death

What was Jacqueline Auriol famous for?

Jacqueline Auriol was France’s most famous woman aviator and one of the world’s leading military test pilots of the 1950s and 1960s. The daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, she was born Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet on November 5, 1917, in Challans, a small town in France.

How old was Jacqueline Auriol when she got married?

21
Born in the Vendée, she had gone to Paris to study art at the Ecole du Louvre, and at 21, married Paul Auriol, then a student at Sciences Politiques.

Why did Jacqueline Auriol become a pilot?

Suffering a fractured skull and broken bones in her face, Auriol was sustained through her long and torturous recovery by her determination to fly again. While undergoing the over 20 operations necessary to re-build her face, she obtained military and commercial pilot licenses and also learned to fly a helicopter.

When did Jacqueline Auriol get married?

February 1938
In February 1938, two years after their first meeting, they were finally married in a small mountain chapel. During World War II, while Paul served in the French Resistance, Auriol remained in France, living under an assumed name with the first of the couple’s two sons.

What school did Jacqueline Auriol go to?

University of Nantes
Ecole du Louvre
Jacqueline Auriol/Education
Born in Challans, Vendee, the daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, she graduated from the University of Nantes. In 1938, she married Paul Auriol, son of Vincent Auriol (who would later become President of France).

How did Jacqueline Auriol break the sound barrier?

In 1953, French pilot Jacqueline Auriol became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She flew her F-86 Sabre faster than Mach 1 and went down in history.