Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/April in aviation/April 15
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- 1943 - Operation Flax is put into effect, the systematic targeting by Allied fighter pilots of Luftwaffe transport aircraft bound for North Africa
- 1941 - CAMCO signs an agreement with the Chinese government to equip and administer the American Volunteer Group in China.
- 1916 - RFC and RNAS aircraft deliver 13 tons of stores into Kut el Amara, Mesopotamia, while it was besieged by the Turks. This was the first time aircraft had been used for such a purpose.
- 1875 - the scientific flight of the montgolfiere "Zenith" up to 8,000 m ends in the death of two aeronauts and the deafness of Gaston Tissandier.
