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19 September 1946. The Avro 691 Lancastrian, British transport derived from the Lancaster bomber for testing jet and turboprop engines, acted as the world's first jet airliner making three passenger flights carrying press representatives, Ministry officials and other passengers.

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The final flight of Victor Chapman, the first US airman to lose his life in combat during the Great War. He was flying his Nieuport 16, on June 23, 1916

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The Junkers JU-87D-3 Stuka dive bomber was evaluated with a personnel pod mounted above each wing. The pods could be released during a shallow dive and be 'paradropped' to deliver agents behind enemy lines. The scheme, however, never became operational.

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1 September 1939. First allied aerial victory of WW2. Polish 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.

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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.

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26 July 1944. First jet aircraft combat, Alfred Schreiber 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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Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow). The only Japanese inline-engine fighter aircraft to see service during WW2.

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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.

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3 June 1918. Zeppelin-Staaken https://t.co/0vyzGMPl16 type L 1432. 4-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.

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Mosquito gun test

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