First Combat by David Pentland. (AP) NRG767 17th October 1944 by David

17th October 1944 by David Pentland

These P-38 fighter groups were soon seeing serious combat action in the Mediterranean & North African theaters

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First Combat by David Pentland. (AP) NRG767 17th October 1944 by DavidDP0169AP. 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