Re: Forum Calendar...help me fill it please
Ruy,
I assumed that this was a Forum which covered aircraft in WW2?? I assumed all knew about the dates relating to the start of the war.
I suppose some of these need taking out as well.
April 1 1939 - First flight of Mitsubishi Zero Sen (Zero/Zeke) (One was shopt down by a Wirraway)
April 2 1941 - RAF drops 75,000 tea bags over The Nederlands, each is printed with "Holland will arise, Keep your Courage up"
April 6 1945 - Kamikaze offensive reaches a peak with 355 suicide sorties launched.
April 7 1943 - Marine Lt James E Swett , on his first combat mission, shot dwn 7 Japanese "Vals" over Guadalcanal.
April 7 1945 - "Yamato"is sunk during the Battle of the East China Sea
April 10 1942 - RAF Bomber Command drops first 2 ton bomb during night raid on Essen.
April 12 1935 - First Succesful flight of the Bristol Blenheim
April 18 1942 - Doolittle raid on Japan.
April 18 1943 - Yamamoto is shot down and killed.
April 20 1945 - B29 bombers destroy Mushashi aircraft plants halting production of Ki-841a Hayate fighters
April 24 1942 - Luftwaffe begins "Baedeker" raids on England
April 26 1937 - Condor Legion bombs Guernica
April 26 1939 - bf109R sets new world air speed record of 469.22mph
April 29 1945 - First flight of CAC-17 Mustang
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