Senin, 21 Mei 2018

Polish Fighter’s Odyssey

Formerly a Nazi war trophy, a rare PZL P.11c is now the crown jewel in Krakow’s Polish Aviation Museum. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, one of its key objectives was to annihilate the Polish air force. One reason the Luftwaffe failed to achieve that goal was the Polish Ministry of Defense’s decision …

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