They were there (Ils étaient là) black and white version

The first aerial combat victories on the Western Front in World War II were claimed by French Armee de l'Air pilots in their US-built Curtiss Hawk 75A-1s of the SPA 160 "Red Devils" squadron of GC II/4 on 8 September, 1939. Six Hawks had come under a barrage of anti-aircraft fire in the Landau-Sarreguemines area and were then attacked by four Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3s from I./JG53.

In the ensuing dogfight, Adjudant pilote Pierre Villey and Sgt Chef Antoine Casenoble both claimed to have downed a 109. In the event it seems only one was damaged - but it was quite a coup. The pilot was no less than Oblt Werner Mölders, who crash landed in a meadow, injuring his back. Molders, already a Spanish Civil War ace, went on to become the first pilot to claim 100 aerial victories.