Q:Facts: - battles: world war i - death date: 29 october 1918 - allegiance: france - commands: spa 154 - rank: lieutenant - awards: legion d'honneur , medaille militaire , british military cross - birth date: 16 july 1892 - serviceyears: 1910 -- 1918 - name: michel joseph callixte marie coiffard - branch: artillery , air service - unit: n. 154/spa .154 - death place: bergnicourt - birth place: nantes , loire-atlantique Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michel coiffard .
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michel joseph callixte marie coiffard -lrb- 16 july 1892 -- 29 october 1918 -rrb- was one of the leading french flying aces of world war i .he was notable for his success as a balloon buster shooting down enemy observation balloons , which were usually heavily defended by anti-aircraft machine guns and artillery and by fighter planes .he scored 34 victories in his career .