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Yes, c'etait notre Charles alright!
After the war, he did some exhibition flying in the USA, was even starred in a silent film (believed to be lost, helas!), and eventually married an American woman.
Were you to visit Paris, near the Place de la Republique, there is a memorial plaque to where Nungesser spent his last evening (on terra firma): I believe it was his mother's apartment, and he spent the evening having dinner with her and his wife. The couple were estranged by then; still, it strikes me as rather gallant...
Encore une autre gallantrie? Well, Lindbergh, when he arrived in Paris, made a point of visiting Nungesser's wife, to comfort and console her-- this is right there on the front page of the NY Times, reporting Lindbergh's success...
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