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Events

January

• January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting Allied airfields in Europe as "Operation Bodenplatte"

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... The   Luftwaffe[?] (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... Operation Bodenplatte, launched on 1st January 1945, was an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries of Europe. ...

February

• February 13-15 - Allied bombers attack Dresden with incendiary weapons, destroying most of the city and killing some 50,000 people.
• February 21 - aircraft carrier USS Saratoga is badly damaged by a kamikaze attack

February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Brühls Terrace Brühlsche Terrasse and the Frauenkirche   Dresden[?] IPA: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The fifth USS Saratoga (CV-3) was the third aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. ... A kamikaze, a Mitsubishi Zero in this case, about to hit the USS Missouri. ...

March

• March 13-14 - an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF drops the first 22,000 lb (9,980 kg) Grand Slam bomb
• March 21 - the Ohka dedicated kamikaze weapon is used operationally for the first time but with no success.
• March 27 - the final V-2 missile to hit England falls in Kent

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine World War II bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... No. ... A British 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb The Grand Slam (Earthquake) bomb was developed by Barnes Wallis in late 1944. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (桜花 cherry blossom) was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. The US gave the aircraft the Japanese name Baka (fool). It was a small flying bomb that was carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M Betty, Yokosuka P1Y Ginga... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... German test launch. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...

April

• April 1 - Ohkas score hits on the USS West Virginia and three of her escorts.
• April 10 - the Luftwaffe flies its final sortie over England (with an Arado Ar 234 on a reconnaissance mission)
• April 12 - USS Mannert L. Abele is sunk by an Ohka
• April 23 - the US Navy puts its first radar-guided bomb into use, the SWOD-9 "Bat", dropped from Consolidated PB4Ys on Japanese shipping in Balikpapan Harbour.

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... The   Luftwaffe[?] (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... The Arado Ar 234 Blitz was the worlds first operational jet powered bomber, built by the Arado company in the closing stages of World War II. In the field it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... USS (DD-733), an -class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mannert Lincoln Abele, a World War II submarine commander who posthumously received the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Pacific Theater. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

May

• Germany's top-scoring fighter ace Erich Hartmann surrenders to Allied forces
• May 7 - the Royal Air Force sinks its last German submarine
• May 8 - VE Day - Germany surrenders, ending the War in Europe

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July

• July 28 - a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State Building

July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... A B-25 Mitchell in flight during World War II From the Maxwell Air Force Base website (original image). ... The Empire State Building Entrance lobby The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates and built in 1931. ...

August

• August 1 - Toyama is the subject of an incendiary attack by the USAAF that destroys almost the entire city
• August 6 - B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay drops "Little Boy" the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
• August 9 - B-29 Bockscar drops a plutonium-239 nuclear weapon, Fat Man, on Nagasaki.
• August 14 - VJ Day - Japan surrenders, ending the War in the Pacific, and World War II.
• August 15 - seven Imperial Japanese Navy aircrafts make the last kamikaze attack of the war.
• August 19 - two Mitsubishi G4Ms carry Japan's surrender delegation to Ie Shima

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September

• a captured Focke-Achgelis FA 223 makes the first helicopter crossing of the English Channel
• September 20, an experimental Gloster Meteor with Rolls-Royce Trent engines makes the first turboprop-powered flight.

The worlds most popular helicopter, the Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors (propellers). ... The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Rolls-Royce Trent 900 on A380 prototype Rolls Royce Trent is a family of high-bypass turbofan engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce, developments of the famous RB211 with thrust ratings spanning between 53,000 to 95,000 lbf (236 to 423 kN). ... A diagram showing how a turboprop works. ...

November

• November 7 – Gp Cpt H. J. Wilson sets a new official airspeed record of 606 mph (976 km/h) in a Gloster Meteor. Unofficial German speed records by the rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me 163 during the war had already exceeded 625 mph (1,000 km/h)

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... The Gloster Meteor was the RAFs first jet fighter aircraft, introduced into service only weeks after the Messerschmitt Me 262 in August 1944. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ...

December

• December 3 - A Mk5 Sea Vampire became the first jet aircraft to take off and land from an aircraft carrier, HMS Ocean.

December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Royal Canadian Air Force deHavilland Vampire The de Havilland Vampire, or DH.100, was the second jet engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during WW II, although it never saw combat. ... Jet aircraft are aircraft with jet engines. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The fifth HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons built in Glasgow. ...

First flights

February

• February 7 - Consolidated-Vultee XP-81
• February 21 - Hawker Sea Fury prototype SR 661
• February 25 - Bell XP-83

March February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Convair XF-81 was a prototype American fighter aircraft designed with both a jet engine and a turboprop engine. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Hawker Sea Furies in Canadian Navy livery. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Bell XP-83 was a prototype jet fighter by the Bell Aircraft Corporation that first flew in 1945. ...

• Blohm & Voss BV 238
• March 18 - Douglas XB2D-1, prototype of the AD Skyraider

April A BV238 shortly after takeoff. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... The Douglas AD-1 (later A-1) Skyraider was a US single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, a propeller-driven anachronism in the Jet Age with a remarkably long and successful career. ...

• April 5 - Miles Monitor
• April 19 - de Havilland Sea Hornet prototype PX 212
• April 27 - Pilatus P-2

June April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... The de Havilland Hornet was a development of de Havillands classic Mosquito. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... The Pilatus P2 Trainer The Pilatus P-2 was a trainer aircraft designed by Swiss manufacturer Pilatus in 1942 and first flown on April 27 1945. ...

• June 9 - Avro Lincoln
• June 22 - Vickers Viking prototype G-AGOK

August June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Avro Lincoln The Avro Lincoln was a British 4-engined heavy bomber of World War II, developed from the Avro Lancaster and initially known as the Lancaster IV and V, becoming the Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... Note: this is an article about the single-engined amphibian Vickers Viking of 1918. ...

• August 3 - Kyushu J7W Shinden
• August 7 - Nakajima Kikka, first Japanese jet

October August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... The Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (震電, Magnificent Lightning) fighter was a World War II Japanese propeller driven aircraft that was built in a canard design. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... The Nakajima Kikka (Japanese: 中島 橘花, Kikka meaning Orange Blossom) was Japans first jet-powered aircraft. ...

• October 27 - Bristol Buckmaster

November October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... The Bristol type 166 Buckmaster was an advanced trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force. ...

• November 10 - Yakovlev Yak-11
• November 20 - Saab 91 Safir

December November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... The Yakovlev Yak-11 (NATO reporting name: Moose, Russian: Як-11) was a trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force and other Soviet-influenced air forces from 1947 until 1962. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The SAAB 91 Safir is a three (91A, B, B-2) or four (91C, D) seater, single engine trainer aircraft built by Saab. ...

• December 2 - Bristol 170
• December 4 - Bristol Brigand
• December 8 - Bell 47 prototype NC1H
• December 22 - Beechcraft Bonanza

Unknown Date December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bristol Freighter (Bristol Type 170) was an aircraft conceived by Wing Commander Taffy Powel who opened a fascinating and innovative chapter in British aviation. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bristol Brigand was the outcome of a 1942 specification (H. 7/42) calling for a faster edition of the Beaufighter for long range torpedo work and anti-shipping strikes. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bell 47G Bell 47J The Bell 47 was the first helicopter to be certified for civil use, in May 1946. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... An early model 35 V-tail Bonanza Beechcraft Bonanza Be33 (OO-JKM) taking off in the UK BE33 (N567M) at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada The Beechcraft Bonanza is one of the most important civil aircraft in aviation history. ...

• Thorp T-211

The T-211 is a light aircraft designed by John Thorp in 1945. ...

Entered service