Fernand Bonneton

Fernand Bonneton
Born10 May 1890
La Coucourde, Drôme department, France
Died24 June 1922(1922-06-24) (aged 32)
Brussels, Belgium
AllegianceFrance
BranchCavalry; infantry; aviation
RankCommandant
Unit82e Regiment d'Infanterie, Escadrille 69
Commands1e Fighter Groupe
AwardsLegion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre, Mentioned in Dispatches six times, plus five foreign decorations

Commandant Fernand Bonneton was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine confirmed aerial victories. He would survive the war, only to die in an aviation accident on 24 June 1922.