Biography
Source : Mr Robert ANCET, son of Lieutenant Victor ANCET
1 - His military career:
Victor ANCET was born on 5th October 1911 in Saint-Jean du Gard (30 - Gard).
On 24th May 1932, Victor ANCET signed a 4-year voluntary commitment in the Air Force and joined the Lyon base as a mechanics student. He is assigned to 2eme Compagnie de Dépot. He joined the 55th Wing in April 1933.
On March 27th 1936, he signed a first one-year resignation, and a second one on May 24th 1937. In the meantime, Victor Ancet obtained the title of EOR (Elève Officier de Réserve) on April 20, 1937 and was appointed second lieutenant on October 10, 1937, when he was transferred to the 22 Wing. He was authorised to extend his contract for a further two years on 24 May 1938, before being mobilised when the conflict broke out in the summer of 1939. Lieuntant Victor ANCET will carry out a large part of the French Campaign within the GR II/22 before being assigned to the GR II/14 on 5 May 1940. He stayed there until August 1941, when he joined the Ecole de l'Air de Salon.
On 8 November 1942, the Allies landed in North Africa, which led to the invasion of the Free Zone by the Germans on 11 November 1942. The Vichy army was disbanded, and Lieutenant Victor ANCET was demobilised from the Ecole de l'Air de Salon and placed on 30-day leave, renewable until 1 March 1943. He was then placed on Armistice leave before being recalled to the Lyon base from 1 May 1943 to 1 June 1944.
Victor ANCET was placed on a three-year leave of absence from June 1, 1944 and was definitively withdrawn from active service on June 1, 1947.
Successive grades of Victor ANCET :
Soldat 2eme Classe May 25, 1932Corporal October 27, 1933Master-Corporal October 26, 1934Sergeant December 13, 1934Reserve Sub- Lieutenant October 10, 1937Reserve Lieutenant October 10, 1939Sub Lieutenant of Active March 15, 1940Lieutenant of d'Active August 15, 1942Brevet obtained :
Radio Mechanic Brevet No3 July 25, 1934Radiotelegrapher in Plane Brevet No346 June 29, 1935Parachutist Instructor Brevet No32 November 27, 1936Aircraft Observer Brevet No3717 October 10, 1937Aircraft Commander May 1st, 1940
2 - Victor ANCET, a passionate and inventive man :
This ex officer of the French Air Force was passionate about science and technology: Louis-Victor Ancet indeed focused his activities on study and research.Curious and skeptical at the same time, he defines himself as an inventor by profession and, as an irrefutable proof, the list of patents he has filed is impressive, some of which are listed below.Mr Robert ANCET allowed me to discover an audio recording of his father who tells here, his commitments, his inventions
Here are some inventions of Mr Victor ANCET
- Apparatus for forming of Morse signals- Circular loom (1st prize at the Lyon Fair in 1928, at the age of 17) Patent 1952
- All the patents concerning weaving devices (more than one hundred)
- Safety device for elevators
Continuing his studies of mathematics and physics (and in particular of electromagnetic fields), Louis-Victor Ancet felt irritated by the inconsistencies encountered in Einstein's postulate and by all the publicity made around this man, publicity which overshadowed the patient work of illustrious predecessors, such as Lorentz for relativity and Gustave Le Bon for the dematerialization of the matter.In addition to the negative ideas contained in this critique, Victor Ancet has constructive ideas about Relativity that could lead to a final solution.
It is for these reasons that he wanted to gather his reflections in his book: "The Relativistic Misadventure" which could have been entitled : "Relativity, kingdom of contradiction"
He's also the author of a book published in 1964 entitled «New Theory of Relativity and Electrodynamics»
Documents
Photo of Lieutenant ANCET with his crew in front of a Potez 63-11
Service record of Lieutenant Victor ANCET :
Aircraft used
Unit
|
Aircraft
|
Nb
|
Immat.
|
Period of use of the Aircraft by the lieutenant victor ANCET |
GB II/22
|
Amiot 143
|
3
|
E-162
|
December 1938 |
Amiot 143
|
5
|
E-164
|
From September to October 1938 | |
Amiot 143
|
9
|
E-168
|
October 1938 | |
Amiot 143
|
16
|
E-175
|
October 1938 | |
Amiot 143
|
22
|
E-181
|
From September to December 1938 | |
Potez 25
|
2388
|
|
From October to December 1938 | |
Potez 25
|
1952
|
|
September 1938 | |
GB II/22 -
GR II/22
|
Bloch 131
|
51
|
L-306
|
From December 1938 to July 1939 |
GB II/22 -
GR II/22
|
Bloch 131
|
53
|
L-308
|
From December 1938 to July 1939 |
GR II/22
|
Bloch 131
|
45
|
L-300
|
May 1939 |
Bloch 131
|
54
|
L-309
|
From Avril to August 1939 | |
Bloch 131
|
88
|
L-343
|
From May to September 1939 | |
Bloch 131
|
98
|
L-353
|
From May to October 1939 | |
Bloch 131
|
126
|
L-381
|
From January to September 1939 | |
Potez 63-11
|
14
|
J-817
|
From October 1939 to January 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
38
|
J-841
|
From October to December 1939 | |
Potez 63-11
|
216
|
C-715
|
January 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
282
|
C-781
|
From January to March 1940 | |
GR II/22 -
GR II/14
|
Potez 63-11
|
220
|
C-719
|
From December 1939 to February 1941: This aircraft was probably transferred to the GR II/14 at the same time as Lieutenant ANCET. It is indeed found on periods common to both squadrons. |
GR II/22 -
GR II/14
|
Potez 63-11
|
252
|
C-751
|
From January to October 1940: This aircraft was probably transferred to the GR II/14 at the same time as Lieutenant ANCET. It is indeed found during periods common to both squadrons. |
GR II/14 1st Sqn. |
Potez 63-11
|
196
|
C-695
|
June 1940 |
Potez 63-11
|
242
|
C-741
|
From February to August 1941 | |
Potez 63-11
|
287
|
C-786
|
October 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
424
|
C-923
|
From September to November 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
431
|
C-930
|
June 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
441
|
C-940
|
From October 1940 to August 1941 | |
Potez 63-11
|
496
|
C-995
|
From September to October 1940 | |
Potez 63-11
|
817
|
|
From December 1940 to January 1941 | |
Salon
Air School
|
Farman 470
|
19
|
|
August 1942 |
Caudron C445
|
55
|
T-919
|
From January to September 1942 | |
140
|
|
From January to February 1942 | ||
150
|
|
January 1942 | ||
227
|
|
March 1942 | ||
8073
|
|
September 1942 | ||
8169
|
|
June 1942 | ||
Bloch 210
|
148
|
E-992
|
October 1942 | |
156
|
E-633
|
October 1942 | ||
180
|
E-853
|
April 1942 |