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French Hero of Air a Superman in WWI the Guynemer Legend
The article chronicles French aviator Georges Guynemer a World War I ace who led the Stork Escadrille and achieved fifty three confirmed kills by 1917 earning the Legion of Honour and fame as King of the Air. It contrasts him with German ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen noting their final encounter and Guynemer’s death.
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