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Hi gentlemen, Not sure if it has been said already, but this German plane most likely looks like a Taube to me rather than an Fok E. :) Regards, Xavier source: http://greatwar.nl/w...ures/taube.html

I've enjoyed re-reading books (Jullian's in particular) about him. ;) It's amazing how many fights Nungesser has got single-handed against multiple opponents: Here are two examples (sorry for my english... ). "Citation in Army Orders NUNGESSER Charles Eugène Jules Marie Seeing a British plane attacked by four German scouts, he engaged them alone using his well-known courage and managed to shot down the more agressive one and chased away the remaining three. Less than an hour later, he shot down another enemy plane increasing to 20 the number of his victories". The British plane has his guns jammed and wasn't able to return fire. The German fighters were led by Ace Obltn Hans Schilling, 8 victories, shot down in flames, and killed in action by Nungesser. The French ace was then awarded the Military Cross. "Citation July 1, 1917 NUNGESSER Charles Eugène Jules Marie Pilot beyond compare, never cease to prove his magnificant devotion to duty. On June 26, 1917, alone against six, he shot down two of his opponents, and chased away the four others." This particular fight became famous because Jullian gave two names of what he said to have been Jasta 27 pilots shot down in flames by Nungesser (it's unclear how he actually got these). Furthermore, he said the Germans were led by Göring who eventually gave orders during WW2 to destroyed Nungesser and Coli momument built in their memory at Etretat. Jullian added copy of German official documents asking for that but nothing which really proves Göring direct responsability. So maybe... we will never know for sure. I won't be surprised if it really hapenned this way. :)