First Combat by David Pentland. PER315 with Lynx XZ 215

with Lynx XZ 215

sending Lt Hargrave's machine to the ground to claim victory number 31

September 1945

enjoy a tea break prior to being sent to support Canadian troops against an expected German attack

Having made one head-on attack on one of the Bf

First Combat by David Pentland. PER315 with Lynx XZ 215DP0169. 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