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September 27

1956 - Milburn Apt sets a new airspeed record in the Bell X-2, becoming the first person to exceed Mach 3, reaching a speed of 2,094 mph (3,350 km/h) before he lost control of the X-2 and died in the resulting crash

1946 - Geoffrey de Havilland Jr is killed when his de Havilland DH.108 breaks up in mid-air

1922 - the US Navy conducts the first large-scale torpedo bombing exercises. Eighteen Naval Aircraft Factory PTs attack three battleships and score 8 hits in 25 minutes.

1914 - The first French bomber group is formed.

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