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Polish Pilot and German Soldier Recall Start of War
Stanislaw Skalicki, a Polish Air Force pilot later with the RAF, recounts Sept 1 1939 near Torun and his dogfight with a Heinkel. Bruno Jaczewski, a German corporal, describes the invasion at Graudenz and brutal frontline realities of Poland in the opening hours of World War II.
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Stanislaw
Stanislaw Skalicki
Skalicki
England
Royal Air Force
United Press International
Warsaw
UPI
Markowo
Torun
Poland
Laskowski
Lerite
Vistula River
Vistula
Heinkels
Junkers
Messerschmitt
Bruno Jaczewski
Hamburg
Hitler
Jaczewski
Siberia
Germany
Stuka
Graudenz
Bischofswerder
Luftwaffe