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...Major Georges Thenault, air attaché of the French Embassy, presented to his Excellency, President Coolidge, M. le Capitaine René Fonck, officially credited with hav-ing shot down 85 German airplanes during...
...aces," up to the time of his death (Sept. 11, 1917), having shot down 53 planes. The Allied super-aces for the whole War period were: France, Lieutenant Rene Fonck (78 planes) ; Britain, Major E. W. Mannock (73 planes) ; the U. S-, Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker (22 planes, 3 balloons). The tabulation of scores was accomplished under different rules by the various combatant countries. A rigid "comparison" is not possible...