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This Week In Airpower History
 | Thursday, May 06, 1937 -- The German dirigible Hindenburg (LZ-129) burns while mooring at Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 people.
| | | Tuesday, May 07, 1918 -- Flying a Nieuport 28, Army lst Lt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, who would go on to be the leading American ace of World War I, records his first solo victory, downing a German Pfalz.
| | | Saturday, May 07, 1949 -- Retired Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold is given the permanent rank of General of the Air Force by a special act of Congress.
| | | Friday, May 08, 1942 -- The Battle of the Coral Sea ends --the first naval engagement fought solely by aircraft.
| | | Tuesday, May 08, 1945 -- Maj. Erich Hartmann, flying a Messerschmitt Me-109 in his last combat mission, records one final aerial “kill,” bringing his total to 352 aircraft, the most in history by any pilot in any country.
| | | Tuesday, May 08, 1945 -- V-E Day. The war ends in Europe.
| | | Saturday, May 09, 1931 -- The A-2 leather flight jacket is approved for production.
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