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November 28

  • 1956 - the Ryan X-13 Vertijet makes its first transition from vertical to horizontal flight
  • 1942 - Australian pilot F/Sgt Ron Middleton earns a posthumous VC for valour in bringing his crew and crippled bomber home after a raid on Turin, Italy.
  • 1938 - 28-30 - a Lufthansa Fw 200 makes the airline's first flight to Japan, flying non-stop from Berlin to Tokyo via Basra, Karachi, and Hanoi. The 14,228 km (8,841 mile) flight breaks the distance record and takes 46 hours 18 minutes.
  • 1916 - Central London is bombed by an LVG C.II flown by R. Brandt
  • 1912 - The Italian Air Battalion is made a fully operational command, the (Flotta Aerea d'Italia).
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