Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/May in aviation/May 19
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- 1949 - a JRM Mars sets a new record of 308 for the largest number of people to be carried on a single aircraft.
- 1924 - the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia is carried out, by an RAAF crew in a Fairey IIID.
- 1918 - Raoul Lufbery, commander of the 94th (Hat in the Ring) Aero Squadron and second highest scoring American ace with 17 victories, is killed in air combat.
