First Combat by David Pentland. (P) AIC5 Overall paper size 23

Overall paper size 23

Size 13 inches x 9 inches (33cm x 23cm)

He toys with his whiskers

some railway marshalling yards near Cologne

The aircraft returned to base safely

First Combat by David Pentland. (P) AIC5 Overall paper size 23DP0169P. First Combat by David Pentland. Franco German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3. JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II 4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14