Capitaine Rene Fonck by Ivan Berryman. (AP) REG358DHM1811AP. Capitaine Rene Fonck by Ivan Berryman. The highest scoring allied ace of World War 1, Rene Fonck was born on 27th March 1894 and spent his early military service with the 11th Regiment of Engineers before being sent for flying instruction in the spring of 1915. Almost as soon as he had been assigned to combat duties, he began to score and was posted to Groupe de Combat No12, the famous Storks where a combination of superb airmanship and
the American infantry were able to subdue and overcome the German beach defences and penetrate inland
made their way to the Argentinian landing strip where they proceeded to destroy 11 enemy aircraft with demolition charges
the aircraft he used to claim his first balloon victory on 26th April 1917
Lutter am Barenberge
Whereas the US 8th Air Force could recover from these aircraft losses
the British gave them the singular honour of allowing the Folgore survivors to retain their weapons on their surrender
An initial attack force of 280 USN aircraft were launched from nine American carriers
Missouri was as much a floating anti-aircraft battery as a battleship
Finally he turned his attention to the remaining tank
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arriving in Plymouth for a refit on 5th December 1805
Armoured Support Company