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This Week In Military/Aviation History: 18 – 24 June
June 19, 2007 2:45 pmHello Folks, did ya miss me last week? Well, I missed me. My mind was wandering, took a wrong turn and got lost for a while. It’s back and feeling much better now. Summer is almost here and I’m lovin’ it except for the severe thunderstorms, but I’m picky that way. Hope you had a good week also….or was it two? Anyway, let’s get down to some serious history…
20 June 1909
Zeppelin Z23 was delivered to the German Army.
18 June 1916
Oberleutnant Max Immelman, ‘The Eagle of Lille’, was killed in combat with 2nd Lieutenant G.R. McCubbin of No. 25 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
H. Clyde Balsey of the Lafayette Escadrille, became the first American pilot to be shot down, but, although wounded, he survived the engagement.
23 June 1916
Victor Emmanuel Chapman of the Lafayette Escadrille, became the first American pilot to be killed in action.
24 June 1918
Fleeing from the Russian Revolution, Igor Sikorsky offered his services to the French Government.
23 June 1919
Seven German Navy Zeppelins were scuttled by their crews at Nordholz to prevent them from being handed over to the Allies as part of the Versailles Peace Treaty.
20 June 1923
The Army’s first all-metal airplane, the CO-1, made its first flight.
21 June 1930
Randolph Field at San Antonio, Texas was dedicated.
20 June 1939
The first flight of the Heinkel He 176 is piloted by Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz at Peenemunde in Germany. This was the first flight of a manned, specifically designed rocket-powered aircraft.
20 June 1941
The United States Army Air Force was formed with Major General H.H. Arnold as its chief.
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