1945 in aviation
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1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
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Years:
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945:
Events
January
February
March
April
May
July
- July 5 – American Airlines acquires American Export Airlines and forms American Overseas Airlines
- July 12 – An Eastern Air Lines flight en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Miami with stops in Washington, DC and Columbia, SC collided with a US Army B-25 Mitchell bomber about 3,000 feet above Syracuse, SC (about 20 miles from Florence, SC). The commercial pilot, G. D. Davis, landed his craft in a cornfield nearby. One passenger, an infant, was killed. The bomber exploded; two died and one was able to parachute safely.
- July 28 - a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
August
September
October
November
- November 7 – Gp Cpt H. J. Wilson sets a new official airspeed record of 606 mph (976 km/h) in a Gloster Meteor. Unofficial German speed records by the rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me 163 during the war had already exceeded 625 mph (1,000 km/h)
December
First flights
January
February
March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
December
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Entered service
January
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November
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