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December 18

1969 - the England-Australia Commemorative Air Race is flown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Smith brothers' flight. It is won by W. J. Bright and F. L. Buxton in a Britten-Norman Islander

1941 - Lt Buzz Wagner becomes the first US ace of the war.

1939 - the Royal Air Force abandons daylight raids on Germany after a raid by Vickers Wellingtons takes heavy losses.

1919 - Sir John Alcock is killed in a crash at Rouen.

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