In early September 1944, the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was ordered to supply an aircrew for a He 177 that the French Maquis and Allied units in Vichy France would take control of at the airfield at Blagnac near Toulouse, where elements of both the He 177A-equipped KG 4 and KG 100 Luftwaffe bomber wings were based.
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French Air Force operated at least two He 177 A-3s left behind by the Germans and rebuilt by SNCASE at Blagnac.
The school was founded in 1999 after the aeronautics industry in nearby Blagnac expanded.
Count Jean Dominique Compans (June 26, 1769, Salies-du-Salat-November 10, 1845, Blagnac) was a French Divisional General from 1811 and a participant of Napoleonic Wars.
After three such flights, the first powered flight was made on 21 April 1949 over Blagnac at the hands of Jean Gonord.
The Ernest-Argelès stadium is a ground of French Rugby League stadium of 4000 seats located in Blagnac (in the close vicinity of Toulouse).
Toulouse Tramway (Line T1, previously known as Line E) is the single tram line in Toulouse, France, and operates from Toulouse to the suburb of Beauzelle passing through Blagnac.
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