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Dates in History
First flight of the first liquid-fuelled rocket aircraft
20th June 1939
Further Reading
The First Jet Pilot
(Hardback - 176 pages)
by Lutz Warsitz
On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying skills enabled him to assist the pioneering German aircraft… Read more at Pen & Sword...
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![HMS Liverpool leaves Liverpool for the final time, firing a gun salute as she passes the Royal Liver Building [Picture: LA(Phot) Ben Sutton, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]](http://www.warfaremagazine.co.uk/assets/images/news/20120307152825.jpg)