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Jan 19, 2018 · René Fonck: Ace French WW1 Pilot: Allies' Highest Score. Fonck was the highest scoring ace for France and indeed the Allies. When he was conscripted in August 1914, he refused to serve in the French Air Service. He chose instead to go to the trenches. But by early 1915, he changed his mind and began his flight training in a Penguin at Saint-Cyr.
FONCK NAVY OFFICER SAFE IN m CRASH Explosion Drops Craft As Transatlantic Flight Starts. ROOSEVELT FIELD, WESTBURY, N. Y., Sept. 21.—Rene Fonck’s long heralded attempt to fly with threo companions from New York to Parle started today amid the acclaim of a thousand persons, and three minutes later it ended, the plane in flames and two of the crew dead.
Following the armistice Fonck worked as a racing and demonstration pilot. From 1937-39 he acted as Inspector of fighter aviation within the French Air Force. However his later record of working with the Vichy government following the fall of France in June 1940 later besmirched his reputation. He died in 1953.
Feb 7, 2020 · Legacy of Flight: The Apache AH-64A and René Fonck. September 30, 1983, Mesa, Arizona—The first Apache AH-64A attack helicopter rolled out of Mesa’s Hughes Helicopters plant. Fourteen years later, in 1997, the U.S. Army’s last AH-64A was delivered—the 937th Apache produced. Currently in the midst of an upgrade, the Apache remains the ...
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Colonel René Paul Fonck (27 March 1894 – 18 June 1953) was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces". He received confirmation for 75 victories (72 solo and three shared) out of 142 claims. Taking into ...
Captain Rene Fonck's Sikorsky S-35 in flames after crashing on take off at Roosevelt Airfield, New York. Fonck survived the crash. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
