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Old 05-19-16, 09:44 AM   #1537
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May 19, 1916

Air War:
1815 Scottish RFC pilot George Reid and observer James Mann, i FE.2b 6330, win a dogfight with an eindecker for victory number 2. The name and fate of the German pilot are unknown.

French ace Jean Navarre, in a Nieuport 11, shares a kill with a "Sgt Boillot", also in an N.11, over an Aviatik two-seater. Number 10 for Navarre, possibly Boillot's only victory.

French ace Charles Nungesser, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 8.
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