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On Fri. 14 may 1943 Remy Van Lierde became the first pilot to drop bom.....

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Remy Van Lierde became the first pilot to drop bombs on an enemy target from a Typhoon fighter; en route back to base, he shot down a German He 111 bomber, which was his third kill.

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