Georges Boillot (1883-1916), French Grand Prix motor racing driver and First World War pilot. Pictured in the Sporting & Dramatic News after reports that he had been reported missing since taking part in . an air battle. During his time as a flyer, he won the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'Honneur On April 21, 1916 his plane was shot down in a dogfight over Verdun-sur-Meuse and crashed near Bar-le-Duc. Severely injured, he died in a military hospital at Vadelaincourt, Meuse.