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1st of September 1939: The Germans start war attacking Poland...
It's not exactly reported if a German bomber (Heinkel He 111) or one of the escorting Messerschmitt Bf 110-attacking Warsaw, or a polish PZL p.11 or p.7 interceptor was shot down first... it's most likely it was either a He 111 or a PZL p.11 - only three p.7 were involved in the first clash... and apparently the German escorting Bf-110 weren't the first ones the polish airforce intercepted...
To be honest, the notice above is just what I read somewhere some time ago. Other sources indicate that the first plane shot down was a PZL p.11c... but shot down by a German dive-bomber "Stuka", Junkers Ju 87...
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