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Roland de la Poype

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Roland de la Poype

Birth
Les Pradeaux, Departement du Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Death
23 Oct 2012 (aged 92)
Saint-Tropez, Departement du Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Burial
Trept, Departement de l'Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
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Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype was a World War II fighter ace, member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front. He was also a plastic industry pioneer and founder of the Antibes Marineland in 1970.

Medals and awards:
Grand Croix of the French Légion d'Honneur, the order's highest rank
Compagnon de la Libération (29 December 1944)
Croix de Guerre 1939-45 with 12 citations
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Soviet awards:
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype was a World War II fighter ace, member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front. He was also a plastic industry pioneer and founder of the Antibes Marineland in 1970.

Medals and awards:
Grand Croix of the French Légion d'Honneur, the order's highest rank
Compagnon de la Libération (29 December 1944)
Croix de Guerre 1939-45 with 12 citations
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Soviet awards:
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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  • Maintained by: Orion
  • Originally Created by: Joy de Valois
  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194095598/roland-de_la_poype: accessed ), memorial page for Roland de la Poype (28 Jul 1920–23 Oct 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 194095598, citing Cimetière Chapelle Saint-Didier Cozance, Trept, Departement de l'Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; Maintained by Orion (contributor 49187971).