Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 15

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August 15

• 1972 - the final USAF mission over Cambodia is flown

• 1951 - William Bridgeman sets a new altitude record in the Douglas Skyrocket of 74,494 ft (22,706 m)

• 1951 - BEA commences turboprop freight services

• 1945 - seven Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft make the last kamikaze attack of the war.

• 1944 - the first air-to-air victory by a jet is scored by Feldwebel Helmut Lennartz, shooting down a B-17 Flying Fortress in a Messerschmitt Me 262

• 1940 - the heaviest fighting of the Battle of Britain occurs, with the loss of 46 British and 76 German aircraft.

• 1937 - Lufthansa begins seaplane services between the Azores and New York with the assistance of seaplane tenders stationed along the route.