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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.
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.
1916 Airco DH2 of Lanoe Hawker versus Albatros DII of Manfred von Richthofen. - By Brian Knight.
9 May 1917. At 16.50hrs, German ace Werner Voss of Jasta 2, flying an Albatros D-III, destroyed a Sopwith Pup over Lesdain. Art by Iain Wyllie.
8 April 1945. B-17 ‘Wee-Willie’, lost a wing to flak above Stendal, Germany. Two crewmen survived the aeroplane’s crash but eight others were killed.
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1 April 1909. The Wright brothers travelled to Centocelle, Italy (outside Rome) to train two pilots for the Italian army. 24 April was the first time a motion picture was ever shot from an aeroplane in flight. Wilbur was at the helm.