Pierre-Marie Bigot (22 December 1909 – 11 January 2008) was a French Air Force general. He was dismissed from the Air Force and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for taking part in the Algiers putsch of 1961.[1] Freed in 1965, he was reinstated in his rank by the 1982 amnesty law.[2]
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- ↑ Théolleyre, J.-M. (8 June 1961). "L'EX-GÉNÉRAL PIERRE-MARIE BIGOT est condamné à quinze ans de détention criminelle". Le Monde. https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1961/06/08/l-ex-general-pierre-marie-bigot-est-condamne-a-quinze-ans-de-detention-criminelle_3144343_1819218.html.
- ↑ "France Décès du général Bigot, qui avait participé au putsch d'Alger". L'Orient-Le Jour. 18 January 2008. https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/580362/FranceDeces_du_general_Bigot%252C_qui_avait_participe_au_putsch_d%2527Alger.html.
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