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Depends on your definition of fighter plane> Bi-planes and tri-planes in WW1 were used to hand drop bombs on the enemy troops and once they found how to time the bullets through the propeller blades a lot were fitted with machine guns.
Veteran is correct in saying Germany had jet powered aircraft towards the end of the WW2. Fortuneately not in time to alter the outcome.

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The Nazi's invented jet powered aircraft near the end of WW2 in Europe.

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originial planes were to be for recon work then the pilots started to shoot at each other with pistols and thus aerial warfare was born

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