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August 19, 1940
On August 19, 1940, first flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 19, 1940
First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades.
Around 1940
The year in brief
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
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On August 19, 1940
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1940 First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. American WWII medium bomber
S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1940
- April 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
- April 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- April 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
- April 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.
- April 9 World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- April 9 Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
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