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Serbian Artilleryman Who Entered History: Raka Ljutovac Was the First to Shoot Down a Plane with a Cannon

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On this day, September 4, 1887, in the village of Poljna near Trstenik, Radoje Raka Ljutovac was born, a Serbian artilleryman who is credited with the first shooting down of a military plane by artillery fire from the ground. He achieved a historic feat on September 30, 1915, defending Kragujevac from enemy bombardment. Ljutovac took part in the Balkan Wars as an artilleryman, and then joined [...] The article Serbian artilleryman who made histo…
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On this day, September 4, 1887, in the village of Poljna near Trstenik, Radoje Raka Ljutovac was born, a Serbian artilleryman who is credited with the first shooting down of a military plane by artillery fire from the ground. He achieved a historic feat on September 30, 1915, defending Kragujevac from enemy bombardment. Ljutovac took part in the Balkan Wars as an artilleryman, and then joined [...] The article Serbian artilleryman who made histo…

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Vesti online broke the news on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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