Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte. French pilots who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from East to West. Shown with their Breguet

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Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte. French pilot. In 1929, they made an attempt to fly the Atlantic from East to West but were beaten back by bad weather. They succeeded in 1930, again flying this Breguet 19 Super Bidon, which they named "Point d'interrogation" or "Question Mark".

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