On this day in history

[winny]

2nd July 1940: Tuesday

Luftwaffe operational order issued with 2 objectives. Close the Channel to British shipping and clear the air of British fighters (simple enough!?).

German operations will begin tomorrow.

[Gilly]

1916
Hans Ulrich Rudel born

[dkwookie]

1900
First Zeppelin flight took place near Berlin, Germany

[olife]

COURAGEOUS AUSTRALIANS

july 22nd 1942, 8 a6m zeros attacked 1 loockeed hudson of the raaf over buna...an easy prey think the zeros pilots...not sure:instead of try to escape the pilot of the hudson(plt/officer warren f.cowan)return to the fight and do a front attack against the leader of the zeros squadron (the famous japanese ace saburo sakai),totaly surprised,all the zeros break in the sky ,this crazy australian is a nerve!!!finally sakai shoot down the hudson all the australians were killed.
in 1997 sakai write to the australian governement and ask that the autralian crew receive a medal at posthumous status but it was refused...

[Gilly]

July 5th 1943
The Battle of Kursk( normally noted for the largest tank battle) commences signalling the single costliest day in ariel combat.
By July 31st some 1536 Russian and 778 German aircraft have been destroyed

[f1rebrand]

July 5th 1985

In 'Back to the Future', Doc sets clock in the DeLorean to a day 25 years in the future. Today is that day.

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by Gilly

The aircraft shot down was a Morane-Saulnier flown by Capitaine Paul de Peuty who also had with him an observer a Lieutenant de Boutiny.
It is though classed as 'unrecognised' with Wintgens having to wait until July 15th to manage his first 'recognised' kill, again against a Morane-Saulnier.

Thanks Gilly. I thinks it's important to honor the fallen as well as the victorious when we remember dates like this.

2 events that stick in my mind are the bombing of Dresden on Feb 14, and the burning of Tokyo on Mar 10, 1945. Dates when countless thousands of civillians paid the ultimate price for blindly following their so-called "leadership".

[Soviet Ace]

July 5, 1950

Battle of Osan takes place between American and North Korean forces. The battles ends with an American tactical withdrawal, after North Korean T-34s finally break through the American flanks.

[Balderz002]

Originally Posted by f1rebrand

July 5th 1985

In 'Back to the Future', Doc sets clock in the DeLorean to a day 25 years in the future. Today is that day.

No hoverboards in here................... Or flying cars................. or self drying bomber jackets!

[olife]

Originally Posted by Gilly

I thought I would post what I hope people here find interesting a little fact about July 1st.
Today is anniversary of what all of us who frequent here, albeit virtually, essentially enjoy.
In 1915 Leutnant Kurt Wintgens scored the first ariel kill using a synchronised gun equiped aircraft- the Fokker Eindecker. This is therefore essentially the 'genesis' moment for what has since followed in the skies of our many nations.

I thought this could become a thread for people to post interesting historical info relating to specific moments in ariel combat since this day in 1915

hello guys

kurt wintgens of the jasta 1,ace with 18 air kills was shoot down by a french pilot called alfred heurtaux (ace 21 air kills sure and 13 probably)the september 25th 1916 over the town of villers-carbonel.heurtaux fly in a spad 7 and wintgens in an halberstadt d2.