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Hunting Party - Bristol F2B, Lieutenant Keith Park leading, 1917. Art by Lee Lacey.
11 June 1911. First flight of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1. British experimental aircraft pusher biplane with large balanced fore-elevators built at the Army Balloon Factory at Farnborough. First in the series of Royal Aircraft Factory designs.
8 June 1966. XB-70 Valkyrie prototype was destroyed in a mid-air collision. Chief Test Pilot Joe Walker (F-104 pilot) and Carl Cross (XB-70 co-pilot) were killed, while Al White (XB-70 pilot) ejected, sustaining serious injuries.
8 June 1918. Second Lieutenant William H.G. Milnes was piloting DH4 A7626 "N", 25 Squadron with Hartley Pullen as observer. Engaged by Fokker https://t.co/yaJPRQi5EL. Pullen claimed a DR1.
6 June 1944. A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt flies over Utah Beach on an escort mission.
3 June 1918. Zeppelin-Staaken https://t.co/0vyzGMPl16 type L 1432. Four engine German biplane strategic bomber, modified as a float-equipped seaplane for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung (Imperial German Naval Air Service) using Maybach engines, crashed during testing.
31 May 1850. Birth of Charles-Alphonse Pénaud (d. 22 October 1880). French pioneer of aviation. He was the originator of the use of twisted rubber to power model aircraft. His 1871 model airplane, 'Planophore' was the first aerodynamically stable flying model.
22 April 1944. Dauntless over Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, as US landing craft go in.
9 March 1917. 10:20hrs, Leutnant Kurt Wolff's (Jasta 11) second confirmed victory, a Royal Aircraft Factory FE8 Pusher Scout. Art by Paul Monteagle