{"id":1602091,"date":"2025-03-28T16:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1602091"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:50:40","slug":"9-versus-27-70080","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2025\/03\/28\/9-versus-27-70080\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Curtiss versus 27 Messerschmitts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The second squadron to be rearmed with Curtiss H-75 A1s was GC II\/5, stationed in Reims. The unit received the new aircraft during March 1939. The squadron, re-deployed at the end of August 1939 to Toul-Croix-de-Metz, became famous after it fought a battle against German Messerschmitts on 6 November.
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9 versus 27 – the most famous air battle of the \u201cPhoney War\u201d<\/h2>\n

On that day, nine Curtisses tasked with providing cover for a reconnaissance Potez 63.11 of GR II\/22 clashed with twenty-seven Messerschmitt Bf 109Ds of JGr 102, which were performing a fighter sweep mission over the Saarland (the triangle of Saarbr\u00fccken \u2013 Merzig \u2013 Pirmasens).<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Still from Journal du Guerre n\u00b07 newsreel\/Fair use – right to quote<\/em><\/p>\n

The dogfight, which took place between 14:50 and 15:30, was extremely intense. The opponents spotted each other at the same time, and so the element of surprise was lost. Fierce individual duels ensued. Both sides tried to make the most of the advantages of their equipment, as well as of their skills, but it was the Germans who allowed themselves to be drawn into a circle dogfight, in which Curtiss had a clear advantage over the \u201cone-oh-nine\u201d.<\/p>\n

Srebrne Curtissy w Arm\u00e9e de l’Air<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n