Marcel Besson
Marcel Mathieu Étienne Besson was an aero inventor in France. After 1914 he produced biplane and triplane "trainers," followed in 1917 by pusher triplane flying boats, called LB, from being built by Hydravions Georges Levallois et Levy. After 1921 he built his own prototype fighters and seaplanes.
Gunston attributes the LB aircraft to Hydravions Georges Levallois et Levy, but curiously, has no entry for the company Hydravions Georges Levallois et Levy nor does he mention it in under Levy. SD does not show either the "L.B." (Levy-Besson) or "LB" (Levy-Biche) among the aircraft built by Hyravions Georges Levy. It also doesn't mention a firm Hydravions Georges Levallois et Levy, leading us to suspect that Levallois was not part of the firm's name.
Became division of ANF Les Mureaux circa 1926
Sources
- G47, 181-182
- 2dG59, 202
- SD177
- Dir1920 p21
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Marcel Besson or Marcel Mathieu Étienne Besson or Marcel Mathieu Etienne Besson or Marcel-Mathieu-Étienne Besson
- Patent FR-1912-457035 (English title: Aeroplane, Filing date: 1912-07-02)
- Patent FR-1912-457036 (English title: Improvements made to assembly means, in the construction of airplanes, for fixing uprights, punches, shrouds, etc., Filing date: 1912-07-02)
- Patent FR-1912-457037 (English title: Framing device applicable to the constitution of surfaces used in the construction of airplanes, Filing date: 1912-07-02)
- Patent FR-1912-457038 (English title: Float applicable to hydroplanes and hydro-airplanes, Filing date: 1912-07-02)
- Patent FR-1916-487442 (English title: Improvements to aeroplanes and hydroaeroplanes, such as those of the triplane type, Filing date: 1916-05-03)
- Patent FR-1916-494084 (English title: Improvements to air navigation devices, such as, in particular, airplanes and hydro-airplanes, Filing date: 1916-05-01)
- Patent GB-1917-106487 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Aeroplanes and Hydro-aeroplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-487442, Filing date: 1917-05-01)
- Patent US-1921-1413383 (English title: Gliding boat, Filing date: 1921-03-24)
References
| Names | Marcel Besson; Marcel Mathieu Étienne Besson |
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| Countries | FR |
| Locations | possibly Rue St. Denis, Boulogne |
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| Wikidata id | Q3288673 |
