North American AT-6C-15-NT Texan / Harvard Mk IIa (c/n 88-13651, N696RE, formerly 7696 of the South African Air Force), exhibited during open doors day at Classic Trainers / Hangar 3 collection, Plzeň-Líně, May 2024. In […]
On 11th September 1944, a formation of B-17G Flying Fortress bombers from the 100th Bomb Group of the Eight Air Force USAAF, took-off for another mission against Germany. The target of the day were oil […]
On 14th February 1943, the American forces carried out an air raid on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, which – due to heavy loses – was later commonly known as the ´St. Valentine´s Day Massacre´. […]
On 6th December 1944, new German single-engine jet fighter, Heinkel He 162, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was developed under Jägernotprogramm (English: Emergency Fighter Programme), issued by Reichsluftfahrtministerium (English: Ministry of Aviation) on 3rd […]
On 8th November 1942, with the beginning of Operation Torch in Africa, the anti-gravity suit developed by a Canadian scientist W.R. Franks, was for the first time used in combat. Wilbur Rounding Franks was born […]
On 9th September 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” floatplane dropped two incendiary bombs in the mountains of Oregon. The raid marked the first time that enemy aircraft had carried out an air raid on […]
On 6th September 1893, Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator and famous fighter pilot, was born in Commerce, Texas. Nevertheless, both date and place Chennault was born are just current (and official) version because […]
Taylorcraft Auster Mk V (c/n 1753, OK-BTA), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In 1930, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, the Chief Engineer of Taylor Aircraft Company developed a small, low-powered […]
On 19th August 1940, the prototype of B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber, performed its maiden flight at Mines Field, Los Angeles. The story of the well-known B-25 Mitchell bomber began in the late 1930s, when […]
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry – an aviator that needs no introduction. Who has not heard about ´The Little Prince´ and the author of this book? However, that book was just one among […]
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