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. Freed in 1965, he was reinstated in his rank by the 1982 amnesty law.
References
- Théolleyre, J.-M. (8 June 1961). "L'EX-GÉNÉRAL PIERRE-MARIE BIGOT est condamné à quinze ans de détention criminelle". Le Monde.
- "France Décès du général Bigot, qui avait participé au putsch d'Alger". L'Orient-Le Jour. 18 January 2008.
- 1909 births
- 2008 deaths
- French anti-communists
- French Air Force generals
- French Air Force personnel who were court-martialed
- French nationalists
- French prisoners and detainees
- People convicted of treason against France
- Military personnel from Algiers
- Commanders of the Legion of Honour
- French military personnel of the Algerian War