On this day in 1914, Louis Quenault (right) and Sergeant Joseph Frantz (left) of France’s Escadrille N°24-Evénements become the first aviators in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft after their Voisin III takes on a German observation plane near Reims. pic.twitter.com/HalZNPRTGz
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