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2 August 1918. Final test flight of a Siemens L7Y glide bomb. Launched from Zeppelin LZ 80 (L 35) 4,900 ft over the Havel river, the 2,200 lb biplane flew until its control wire, attached to the Zeppelin, snapped and the glider spun out of control.

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1 August 1943. Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania.

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Polkovnik Aleksandr Alexandrovich Kozakov's first victory was an Albatros C, brought down near Guzov-Voljat on 31 March 1915. At the time he was flying Morane-Saulnier G (316) with the 4th Corps Fighter Detachment.

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31 July 1915. R.E.5 s/n 2457 and Captain John Liddell V.C. of 7 Squadron RFC at La Panne. ‘Liddell Made it Back Somehow’ - art by Les Urwin

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26 July 1944. First jet aircraft combat, Alfred Schreiber (11 November 1923 – 26 November 1944) flying a Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a intercepted and attacked a Mosquito PR XVI, a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from 540 Squadron RAF.

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20 July 1955: First flight of the Convair NB-36H Nuclear Test Aircraft ('Crusader') serial number 51-5712 at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. To date, the only American aircraft to carry an operational nuclear reactor.

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19 July 1918. The Tondern Raid, Sopwith Camels. Art by John Young.

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18 July 1942. First jet engine flight of the Me262 Schwalbe ("Swallow"). World's first operational jet-powered fighter. Chief Test Pilot Fritz Wendel with the Messerschmitt Me 262 V3 prototype, PC+UC.

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15 July 1958. First full transition from vertical to horizontal flight of the Vertol VZ-2 (or Model 76). US research aircraft built to investigate the tiltwing approach to vertical take-off and landing.

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15 July 1932. The prototype low-wing monoplane Vickers Type 171 Jockey was lost during spinning trials at Martlesham Heath when it entered a flat spin and crashed at Woodbridge, Suffolk. The pilot successfully bailed out at 5,000 feet.

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