François-Henry Laperrine

François-Henry Laperrine (born Marie Joseph François Henry Laperrine d'Hautpoul, September 29, 1860 – March 5, 1920) was a French general who served during World War I. Laperrine entered the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in October 1878 and became a captain in the 2nd Dragoons in November 1891.

[1][2] He was a friend of Charles de Foucauld who was killed in 1916 in Tamanrasset.

Laperrine died after a plane crash (a Breguet) in the Sahara in 1920.

His companions, Lieutenant Bernard and mechanic Marcel Vasselin survived and recorded Laperrine's last words, "People think they know the desert...People think I know it.

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