Maurice Boyau, leading French fighter ace of the First World War Size:S: 36 x 28cm View of Westminster Hall from

View of Westminster Hall from New Palace Yard

19th November 1966

American singer Dionne Warwick at Heathrow Airport

with a dog in the foreground and a coach behind

Maurice Boyau, leading French fighter ace of the First World War Size:S: 36 x 28cm View of Westminster Hall fromMaurice Boyau, leading French fighter ace of the First World War, 1914 1918. The Captain of the French rugby team before World War I, Boyau (1888 1918) specialised in shooting down enemy observation balloons. In all he was credited with downing 21 balloons and 14 aircraft, making him the 5th most successful Fremch air ace of the war. He was shot down and killed by German fighters defending balloons on 16 September 1918.