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March 1

• 1941 - New Zealand's first fighter squadron, No. 485 Squadron RAF is formed.

• 1926 - Four Royal Air Force Fairey IIIDs begin a long-distance flight, taking them from Cairo to Cape Town and then on to Lee-on-Solent, England, where they will arrive on June 2

• 1925 - Ryan Airlines begins regular services

• 1919 - German airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei (DLR) begins scheduled flights to Hamburg.

• 1919 - An airmail service begins Folkestone and Cologne