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July 1944
Gloster Meteor I becomes the first jet
aircraft to enter service with the RAF
June 1956
De Havilland Comet 2 is the first
pure-jet aircraft in the world to be
employed on military transport duties
16-17 May 1943
The Dambusters raid using
the “Bouncing Bomb”
Early 1942
Avro Lancaster I enters service
with No 44 Squadron RAF
July- October 1940
The Battle of Britain
15 May 1941
First flight of the Gloster
Whittle E28/39, the first
British jet-engine aircraft
1957-1969
V-bombers provide Britain’s
nuclear deterrence until
Polaris becomes operational
August 1945
The USA drop two atomic
bombs on Japan in August
1945 to bring the Second
World War to a close
1940-1
1942-43
1944-45
1950/60s