Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1919 — Captain Rene Fonck's Record. [ARTICLE]

Captain Rene Fonck's Record.

The highest official score for bring* ing down Hun flyers, according to Flying, goes to Ctaptain Rene Fonck of the French army. Before the armistice was signed he was officially credited with 75 Boche planes,, but virtually he brought down over 100. On two different occasions he brought down six machines in a few minutes. Fonck was a wonderful flyer and was among the .first to perform the “barrel” maneuver during an aerial battle. The French government has conferred on him nearly every decoration in Its * 6,ve -“