The first air victory in the WWII, claimed by an aircraft operating from British homeland.

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8 October 1939 – the first air victory in the World War II, claimed by an aircraft operating from British homeland —

On 8th October 1939, a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance aircraft, patrolling the area near Jutland, shot down a Dornier Do 18 flying boat. It was the first air victory in the World War II achieved by [...]

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[special ed]

If WW2 began 1 Sep 39, wouldn't the first air victory have been Polish or German?
Wait, from Britain? Never mind.

 

[GrauGeist]

If WW2 began 1 Sep 39, wouldn't the first air victory have been Polish or German?
Wait, from Britain? Never mind.

That would have been a first for Britain.

The Polish Air Force was the first, engaging Luftwaffe elements during the German invasion starting on the 1st of September '39.

 

[Gnomey]

Good story!

 

[nuuumannn]

A minor point, the first British air victory of WW2 by an aircraft flying from the UK was in fact a Hawker Hurricane shot down by a Supermarine Spitfire on 6 September 1939, three days after the war began, in an incident that has become known as the Battle of Barking Creek.

The Battle of Barking Creek

The Battle of Barking Creek

56 Squadron RAF (MOD) Warfare is by definition, a pretty grim business but one of it's most tragic aspects is the so called 'Friendly...

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The first enemy aircraft to be shot down by a British aircraft was a Dornier Do 18 at the hands of a Blackburn Skua flying from the carrier Ark Royal, on 26 September 1939, with the thread starter incident taking place as the first enemy aircraft shot down by a British aircraft flying from UK shores.