Roland de la Poype
Roland de la Poype | |
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Roland de la Poype in 1944 | |
| Born | 28 July 1920 |
| Died | 23 October 2012 (aged 92) |
| Buried | Cimetière Chapelle Saint-Didier Cozance
Trept, Departement de l'Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Branch | |
| Service years | 1939–1947 |
| Unit | |
| Known for | Aviator, flying ace, industrialist. |
| Conflicts | World War II |
Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype (28 July 1920 – 23 October 2012) was a Second World War fighter ace and a member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front attributed with 16 confirmed victories.
He was also a politician, a pioneering industrialist in the plastics industry and the founder of the Antibes Marineland in 1970.