Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/March in aviation/March 13
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- 1945 - 13-14 - an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF drops the first 22,000 lb (9,980 kg) Grand Slam bomb
- 1922 - Portuguese pilots Cpt Gago Coutinho and Cpt Sacadura Cabral leave Lisbon to attempt the first crossing of the South Atlantic by air. They arrive in Brazil on June 16, in the third Fairey III they use for the trip.
- 1910 - Paul Engelhard makes the first flight in Switzerland, flying a Wright biplane from a frozen lake at St Moritz
