On 9th May 1917 a French aviation ace – René Fonck downed 6 German aircrafts in one day. According to official statistics he downed 75 hostile aircrafts (unofficially over a hundred) during World War I, which makes him the biggest aviation ace of the World War I. Fonck has never been downed, only once his aircraft was slightly damaged.
Today in aviation history – 9th May
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