Aerial combat of 5 October 1914

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The first aerial combat in history that ended in a victory for an air force took place in the region of the city of Reims in France on 5 October 1914, at the start of the First World War. French Corporal Louis Quenault, aboard a Voisin III piloted by Sergeant Joseph Frantz, shot down a German Aviatik.

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Aerial combat of 5 October 1914
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