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21st December 2024

24 March 1918 – John Trollope achieves seven aerial victories in a day

23rd March 2023 Jacek Domański

On 24th March 1918, John Lightfoot Trollope scored his ninth to fifteenth aerial victories, becoming the first British pilot to shot down seven enemy aircraft in just one day. John Lightfoot Trollope was born on […]

6 March 1918 – birthday of the Finnish Air Force

6th March 2020 Jacek Domański

Today we´re saying happy birthday to the Finnish Air Force! On 6th March 1918, the Thulin type D reconnaissance airplane arrived to Vaasa, Finland; becoming the first aircraft of Finnish military aviation. This date is […]

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