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June 17 – German aircraft bomb the British ocean liner RMS Lancastria in Quiberon Bay after she has taken aboard 5,800 Allied troops for evacuation from France to the United Kingdom. She catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes, with the loss of 3,000 lives.
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Media in category "Aviation in the 1940s" The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. 1943 map of the world during World War II - verso.jpg 20,132 × 14,345; 56.58 MB
May 24, 2019 · The 1940s – Flight goes to war. By Max Kingsley-Jones 24 May 2019. As Flight magazine marks its 110th anniversary, we look at the highlights of our fourth decade. Keep reading this article by...
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Oct 26, 2014 · 26 October 1940: At Mines Field, Los Angeles, California (now, Los Angeles International Airport), free lance test pilot Vance Breese took the prototype North American Aviation NA-73X, civil registration NX19998, on a five-minute first flight.
