Jean Navarre, French pilot Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Billy Gray

Billy Gray

Lee Guinness took the land speed record to 133

Plate 13 of A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone lighthouse with stone

with his two pupils

Jean Navarre, French pilot Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Billy GrayJean Navarre, French pilot, 1916. Navarre (1895 1919) gained the distinction of being designated France's first air ace of the First World War. He gained the nickname the 'Sentinel of Verdun' for his exploits during the battle fought there in 1916 and downed 12 enemy aircraft before being shot down himself on 17 June suffering head injuries so severe that he spent the next two years in an asylum. Navarre never returned to aerial combat but, having