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July 10

• 2006 - PIA Flight 688, operated by a Fokker F.27, crashes in Pakistan, with the loss of all 45 on board.

• 2000 - EADS is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, Dornier, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).

• 1965 - first US Air Force aerial victories of the Vietnam War scored by F-4 Phantoms

• 1940 - the Battle of Britain commences with the first German attacks on British convoys in the English Channel.

• 1914 - July 10-11, German Reinhold Böhm flies his Albatros-biplane 24 hours and 12 minutes without refueling and nonstop. This one-man-flight record lasted until 1927.