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18 March 1916, Lieutenant Jean Chaput’s second victory, an LVG-C at Eparges.
15 September 1940. During the largest and most concentrated attack against London, Raymond Towers "Ray" Holmes of 504 Squadron RAF rammed his Hawker Hurricane into a Dornier 17Z he believed was going to bomb Buckingham Palace.
14 September 1940. 23 year old Sergeant John Brimble, 73 Squadron, was posted missing. His Hurricane was shot down over Maidstone, Kent at 16:05hrs.
7 September 1956. USAF Captain Iven C. Kincheloe flew the Bell X-2, 46-674, to a world altitude record of 126,200 feet and a maximum speed of Mach 1.7. He was the first pilot to fly above 100,000 feet.
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. 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.
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.
30 August 1952. First flight of the Avro Vulcan Type 698. British delta wing subsonic jet strategic bomber. Piloted solo by Roly Falk.
Blackburn Kangaroo of 246 Squadron RAF flown by Lieutenant E. F. Waring bombed German submarine, SM UC-70, near Runswick Bay, Yorkshire on 28 August 1918.