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August 23 - Maj. Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia, one
of Italy's most noted aviators, and CO of the 28th Bomber Wing, crashes
in a Martin
Baltimore light bomber. While attempting to fly one of the new
planes during the early transition training phase, without an
instructor, Buscaglia crashes on take-off, dying in hospital in Naples the following day. [1]
September
September 6- the sole completed McDonnellXP-67 Bat prototype is destroyed by an engine
fire, prompting USAAF
leaders to declare the aircraft redundant and cancel the program a
week later.
October
October 25 - the first kamikaze mission is carried out, with aircraft
of the 201st Kokutai sinking the carrier USS St Lo.
November
November 3 - the first Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs are launched against
the United States.
November 13 - civil air services to London are restored, with the first flights
carried out by Railway Air Services
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