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6 June 1918. At 11:40 above Ferrières, 25 victory Polish born WW1 ace Leutnant Georg von Hantelmann of Jasta 15 achieved his first confirmed air combat victory, a D.H.4. He was flying a Fokker D.VII (382-18). Art by Iain Wylie.
Nieuport 17 No. 01604 of Escadrille 26. Pilot, Constant Benjamin Fréderic Soulier.
20 May 1917 Feldwebel Karl Kaszala (foreground) and Hautpmann Godwin Brumowski (background), attacked a SPAD XI over the Monte Santo and shot it down.
3 September 1917. The United States' 1st Aero Squadron arrived in France at the British Rest Camp No. 2, Le Havre, becoming the first American squadron in France.
1 September 1939. First allied aerial victory of WW2. Polish pilot Władysław Gnyś (24 August 1910 - 28 February 2000), flying a PZL P.11c fighter damaged a Ju-87 "Stuka" and downed two Dornier Do-17E bombers.
1 September 1937. First flight of the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda. First military aircraft produced by the Bell Aircraft Corporation, originally designated the "XFM-1, Bell Model 1". Designed as a mobile anti-aircraft platform as well as a convoy fighter.
31 August 1940. Squadron Leader Tom Gleave of 253 Squadron attacking a Dornier Do217 above the village of Shoreham, north of Sevenoaks, Kent.
30 August 1952. First flight of the Avro Vulcan Type 698. British tailless, subsonic delta wing, high altitude strategic bomber piloted solo by Roly Falk. Operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984.
On 29 August 1917 a Sablatnig SF5 flown by Leutnant Pohrt and Flgmr. R Jensen attacked a steamer, claiming six hits. Art by Steve Anderson.