Events
- Jackie Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean.
- During the spring and summer, the Imperial Japanese Navy's air arm conducts Operation 102, its second major bombing campaign against Chungking.
- By early autumn, the Imperial Japanese Navy has turned all air operations on the Chinese mainland over to the Imperial Japanese Army.
- The Aeronautical Corporation of America renames itself Aeronca.
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“All strange and terrible events are welcome,
But comforts we despise.”
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