Il primo combattimento aereo vittorie sul fronte occidentale nella seconda guerra mondiale sono stati rivendicati dal francese Armée de l'aria piloti.

• Collaboratore: Gary Eason / Flight Artworks / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: E4HJAY
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• Dimensioni: 4500 x 3000 px | 38,1 x 25,4 cm | 15 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 14 luglio 2013

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The first aerial combat victories on the Western Front in World War II were claimed by French Armee de l'Air pilots in their US-built Curtiss Hawk 75A-1s of the SPA 160 "Red Devils" squadron of GC II/4 on 8 September, 1939. Six Hawks had come under a barrage of anti-aircraft fire in the Landau-Sarreguemines area and were then attacked by four Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3s from I./JG53. In the ensuing dogfight, Adj Pierre Villey and Sgt Chef Antoine Casenoble each claimed to have downed a 109. In the event it seems only one was damaged - but it was quite a coup. The pilot was no less than Oblt Werner Mölders, who crashed landed in a meadow, injuring his back. Molders, already a Spanish Civil War ace, went on to become the first pilot to claim 100 aerial victories.

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