Patrick Facon

Patrick Facon
Born	12 September 1949 Constantine, Algeria
Occupation	Historian

Patrick Facon, born on September 12, 1949, in Constantine and passed away on May 29, 2016, was a French historian and a mission officer at the Center for Aerospace Strategic Studies (CESA).

Youth and Education

He earned a Ph.D. in 1977 from the Paris Nanterre University. In 2000, he became qualified to supervise research at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

Career

Patrick Facon was a senior lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a speaker at the French Air Force Academy, the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and the Center for Higher Aeronautical Education (CESA), and a research professor at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Awards

• Aeronautics Medal (2016)
• Corbay Prize from the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, chaired by Jean Mesnard
• Member of the National Air and Space Academy (1996)

Bibliography

• The Battle of Britain (1940), 1992
• Strategic Bombing, 1996
• The Fourth Republic, 1944-1958: From Liberation to May 13, 1997
• The Air Force in Turmoil: The Battle of France, 1939-1940, 1997
• Vichy-London-Algiers, 1940-1944: The French State, 1998
• Conquest of the Skies: Heroes, Enigmas, Dramas, 2001
• Aerial Warfare, 1933-1945, 2003
• The Grand Atlas of Aviation, Editions Atlas, 2004
• '39-'45 on the Paths to Victory, 2005
• Military Helicopters: From the First Flights to the Second Gulf War, 2005
• The Air Force in Turmoil: The Battle of France, 1939-1940, with Vincent Lanata, 2005
• History of France, with Philippe Boissinot, Marie-Claude Bossuat, and François Pernot, 2005
• The Air Force of Victory: 1942-1945, 2005
• Atlas of Ships of the First World War, Editions Atlas, 2007
• Atlas of the First World War: Testimonies of Poilus, Editions Atlas, 2007
• Battles in the Skies of France: May-June 1940, 2010
• From the Gulf to Libya: 20 Years of Aerial Operations, with Jean-Paul Paloméros, 2011
• Summary of Air Strategy, CESA - CEMS Air, 2013