- 1916 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1913
yp2=1914
yp3=1915
year=1916
ya1=1917
ya2=1918
ya3=1919
dp3=1880s
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d=1910s
dn1=1920s
dn2=1930s
dn3=1940sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1916 :Events
January
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January 12 - German acesMax Immelmann andOswald Boelcke , with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with "Pour le Mérite " ("the Blue Max")
*January 29 - the second and lastZeppelin raid onParis inflicts 54 casualties.March
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March 16 - US military aircraft fly their first mission over foreign soil when Curtiss JN3s of the1st Aero Squadron carry out reconnaissance overMexico .
*March 18 - German aceErnst Udet scores his first killApril
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April 15 - RFC andRNAS aircraft deliver 13 tons of stores into Kut el Amara,Mesopotamia , while it is besieged by the Turks. This was the first time aircraft were used for such a purpose.
*April 20 - the "Escadrille Américanne", later to be known as "Lafayette Escadrille ", is established as an American volunteer unit in France, equipped withNieuport 11 s.May
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May 2 - eight German Zeppelins raid the east coast of England, causing 39 casualties. The ZeppelinL 20 (LZ59) is wrecked in a storm offStavanger ,Norway on the return journey.
*May 17 -Parasite fighter experiments begin in the UK to launch aBristol Scout from aPorte Baby airship.June
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June 17 - the first French ace,Jean Navarre , is shot down and wounded, ending his combat career with 12 confirmed kills.
*June 18 - the first German aceMax Immelmann is shot down and killed by a FE.2b fromNo. 25 Squadron RFC -- a symbolic end of the "Fokker Scourge ". He had scored 15 kills.
*June 23 -Victor Chapman of "Lafayette Escadrille" becomes the first US airman to be killed in action, shot down near Verdun.July
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No.3 Wing RNAS becomes Britain's firststrategic bombing unit, equipped withSopwith 1 1/2 Strutter s
*July 1 - beginning of the Battle of the Somme. In the five months of the battle, the British lose 782 aircraft and 576 pilots but maintain air superiority over the battlefield.August
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August 2 - 16 German Zeppelins raid southeast England. LtWilliam Leefe-Robinson , RFC shoots down Zeppelin SL 11 in a BE.2c.
*August 6 - French ace CapitaineRené Fonck gains his first confirmed victory.
*August 27 -Oswald Boelcke creates the first German special fighter squadron "Jagdstaffel 2 " (Jasta 2).eptember
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September 15 - British submarine "B-10" is sunk by Austrian Lohnerflying boat s, led by "Fregatten-Leutnant" Zelezny, becoming the first submarine sunk by aircraft; French submarine "Foucault" is sunk by two Austrian Lohner flying boats, led by "Fregatten-Leutnant" Zelezny, becoming the first submarine sunk at sea by aircraft.
*September 17 - RittmeisterManfred von Richthofen scores his first kill, from aAlbatros D.II
*September 23 -24 - eleven Zeppelins attack England. Two are shot down,LZ 76 by ground fire, andLZ 74 by LtFrederick Sowrey October
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October 12 -CanadianRoyal Naval Air Service aceRaymond Collishaw claims his first victory.
*October 28 - German aceOswald Boelcke is killed in a mid-air collision.November
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November 23 - British aceLanoe Hawker VC is shot down byManfred von Richthofen
*November 28 - CentralLondon is bombed by anLVG C.II flown by R. BrandtFirst flights
February
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February 9 -Sopwith Pup flown byHarry Hawker April
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SPAD S.VII May
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May 28 -Sopwith Triplane flown byHarry Hawker June
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June 17 -Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
*June 29 - theB & W Seaplane ,William Boeing 's first aircraft.July
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July 25 -Anatra DS August
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Airco DH.4 eptember
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September 9 -Bristol F.2A
*September 12 - theHewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane October
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October 25 -Bristol F.2B Fighter November
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November 22 -Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Entered service
February
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Airco DH.2 withNo. 24 Squadron RFC April
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Sopwith 1½ Strutter August
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SPAD S.VII withEscadrille No. 26 November
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Sopwith Triplane December
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December 24 -Sopwith Pup withNo. 54 Squadron RFC
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