Jacques de Lesseps

Jacques Benjamin de Lesseps was a French aviator born in Paris on 5 July 1883, killed in an air accident presumably on 18 October 1927 along with his flight engineer Theodor Chichenko.

In 1910, Jacques de Lesseps became the second person to fly an aeroplane over the English Channel.

[1] De Lesseps served with distinction in the French Air Force during World War I, commanding a squadron.

He and his flight engineer, Theodor Chichenko, were lost at sea during air photography operations along the Gaspé, Quebec coastline in October 1927.

He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, held the Croix de Guerre and the United States Distinguished Service Cross.