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22 November 1916. 'Captain John Andrews’ by Mark Postlethwaite. DH2 and Albatros DII.
16 May 1916. 48 victory ace Captain Alan Machin Wilkinson of 24 Squadron RFC in an Airco DH2 ‘Pusher’ on patrol over Somme Valley. On that date he achieved his first two victories, an AGO G.II at 07:00 and a Fokker E at 07:30. Both at Péronne.
17 November 1970. 03.47.00 UTC/GMT. The Soviet probe Lunokhod 1, first of two unmanned lunar rovers, touched down on the moon's surface. Although designed for a lifetime of three months, it operated 321 Earth days and traversed 6.5 miles.
17 November 1946. The Lancastrian’s two Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 piston engines were shut down, except for take-off and landing and their propellers feathered to reduce drag. It was the first jet-powered passenger transport to fly from one country to another.
13 November 1943. First flight of the Messerschmitt Me 209 V5 prototype, evolution of the Bf 109 German fighter. It was 31 mph slower than the Fw 190D and offered no improvement in handling characteristics. The Me 209 project was subsequently cancelled.
11 November 1923. Birth of Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber. German WWII flying ace, noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. (Mosquito PR XVI of 540 Squadron on 14 August 1944 versus Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a https://t.co/bxbo7ho45r. 130 017).
10 November 1907. In France, Henri Farman made the first flight in Europe of over one minute in his Voisin-Farman I biplane.
French aviation artist Paul Lengelle's depiction of the death of Oswald Boelcke.