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.

1916
Hans Ulrich Rudel born

1900
First Zeppelin flight took place near Berlin, Germany

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...

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

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.

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".

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.

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

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.