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Sept 9, 1939 – 5 @France Air Force Curtiss H75 fighters engage a squadron of @GermanyDiplo Me 109s & shoot down 2: the first French air-to-air victories of #WWII & 1st by any Western Allies. I had just returned from CMTC camp at Ft Benning & was starting 11th grade. @USAirforce
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If you don’t count Poland as a Western Ally. Great Britain and France declared war against Germany on Poland’s account, after all. While they dithered during the ‘Phony War,’ the Polish Air Force shot down 170 German aircraft. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Air_Force …
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