Posted on Nov 13, 2022
René Fonck's Six-Victories-in-a-Day: 9 May 1918
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COL Randall C.
Early pilot training during WWI was measured in hours (not days, weeks or months) before they were sent up in combat.
Guts indeed!
Guts indeed!
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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Capt. Renè Fonck in his SPA 103 SPAD XIII. (2) Renè Fonck scores his 3d victory of the day over the Somme front on 9 May 1918. He went on to down three more later that afternoon, giving him a total of six for the day. It was a feat he repeated a little over four months later, on the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
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