Rene Fonck's air to air claims

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Good morning Gentlemen,

are you interested in the very first aerial victories ? This compilation shows a kind of French air supremacy in 1914:

• 25.08.1914 Hubert Harvey-Kelly (R.A.F. B.E.2a) & Christopher Wilson (Avro 504) are supposed to have forced to land a German aircraft. Harvey-Kelly and his observer landed next to it and destroyed it on the ground after chasing away the crew.
• 25.08.1914 Gilbert Mapplebeck (R.A.F. B.E.2a)
• 01.09.1914 Albert Moris (Maurice Farman MF.7bis) destroyed a balloon.
• 07.09.1914 Pyotr Nesterov (Morane-Saulnier Type G) rammed the Albatros B.II of Franz Malina and his observer Friedrich von Rosenthal. All three perished.
• 05.10.1914 Joseph Frantz (Voisin LA)
• 07.10.1914 Louis Gaubert (Maurice Farman MF.7bis)
• 24.10.1914 Émile Stribick (Henri Farman HF.22)
• 01.11.1914 Augustus Marsh (R.A.F. B.E.2a)
• 02.11.1914 Eugène Gilbert (Morane-Saulnier Type L)
• 03.11.1914 Arsène Vogoyeau (Maurice Farman MF.7bis)
• 05.11.1914 Richard Flashar (Rumpler B.I)
• 18.11.1914 Eugène Gilbert (Morane-Saulnier Type L) fought against an aircraft that was captured. However, this kill was never officially credited to Gilbert.
• 22.11.1914 Michel Mahieu (Voisin LA)
• 22.11.1914 Louis Strange (Avro 504)
• 06.12.1914 Julien Serviès (Voisin LA) destroyed a balloon.
• 17.12.1914 Eugène Gilbert (Morane-Saulnier Type L)