Pierre Clostermann

French World War II ace, celebrated aviation author and politician Pierre Clostermann died on Mar. 22 in Montesquieu-des-Alberes in southwest France. He was 85. After graduating from the U.S. Ryan Engineering School and becoming a private pilot, Clostermann in 1942 joined the U.K.-based French Free...

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