Ron Eiseleさんのイラストまとめ

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.

The destruction of Zeppelin LZ37. 7 June 1915.

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.

26 May 1941. Bismarck. At 15.00 hours a first air strike force of Swordfish flew off HMS Ark Royal but was unsuccessful. At 18.50 hours a second force of 15 Swordfish attacked and, armed with torpedoes, ensured her final destruction.

25 May 1910. At Huffman Prairie, Orville Wright took off on a six-minute flight with Wilbur as his passenger, the only time the Wright brothers ever flew together. Orville then took his 82-year old father on a seven-minute flight.

16 May 1943. Launch of Operation Chastise, attack on German dams by RAF 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters". Nineteen Lancasters took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, England, beginning at 9:28 p.m.

10 May 1915. Lieutenant Louis A Strange of 6 Squadron RFC in his Martinsyde S.1 Scout, attacked an Aviatik. Art by Mervyn Corning