Captain Michael Edward Gonne was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
[2] He was educated at Westminster School,[3] and then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a cadet.
[1] On 9 January Gonne was appointed a flight commander with the acting rank of captain.
[9] After some months on home service, he returned to France at his own request to take part in the Allied offensive.
Gonne was reported as missing on 8 August 1918; having last been seen flying over the Somme River at Brie, some 15 miles behind the German front lines.