Roland Glavany
{{Short description|French army general}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Roland Glavany
| birth_date = 20 April 1922
| death_date = 16 January 2017 (aged 95)
| branch = French Air Force
| unit = Free French Air Forces
| battles = World War II
}}
Roland Glavany (20 April 1922 – 16 January 2017) was a French army general.{{cite web|title=Disparition du général Roland Glavany|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/actus-air/disparition-du-general-roland-glavany|website=Ministère de la Défense|accessdate=19 January 2017|date=17 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Issy : mort du général Roland Glavany, pilote d’essai et père de Jean Glavany|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/issy-les-moulineaux-92130/issy-mort-du-general-roland-glavany-pilote-d-essai-et-pere-de-jean-glavany-17-01-2017-6581046.php|accessdate=19 January 2017|work=Le Parisien|date=17 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Disparition du pilote d'essai Roland Glavany, héros sur terre comme dans les airs|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/01/18/2498974-disparition-pilote-essai-roland-glavany-heros-terre-comme-airs.html|accessdate=19 January 2017|work=La Dépêche du Midi|date=18 January 2017}}
Background
Glavany trained as a pilot in World War II and fought in North Africa with the Free French forces. In September 1943, he landed on Corsica as part of a parachute troop, and took part in the liberation of the island. He was wounded three times in the war.
After the end of the war, he worked as a test pilot for Dassault, making the first flights of the MD.550 Mystère Delta, Mirage III and Mirage IV. He returned to the French Air Force in 1959. He retired in 1978.
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