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3 Sep 1910

United States
  • Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Senator Joseph Bristow inquiring the status of his request for entry into the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States or the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States. ww2dbase [Dwight Eisenhower | Abilene, Kansas | CPC]
25 Oct 1910

United States
  • Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Senator Joseph Bristow thanking him for the appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Dwight Eisenhower | Abilene, Kansas | CPC]
2 Nov 1912

United States
  • Henry Arnold successfully established radio telegraph connection from his Wright C Speed Scout S. C. No. 10 aircraft with units on the ground about 9.7 kilometers, or 6 miles, away while in flight over Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Fort Riley, Kansas | CPC]
7 Mar 1916

United States
22 Aug 1925

United States
22 Mar 1926

United States
  • Henry Arnold was officially reprimanded for violating Army General Order No. 20 and was transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas, United States as the commanding officer of 16th Observation Squadron. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Fort Riley, Kansas | CPC]
30 Jun 1926

United States
24 Feb 1927

United States
31 Mar 1931

United States
  • A serious air crash occurred at Bazaar, Kansas, United States. Among those killed as a result of structural failure in the Atlantic-built Fokker F.10A was Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame football team. The resuting publicity led to TWA withdrawing their entire Fokker fleet and the F.10A was to become the first aircraft type to be officially grounded by the US Department of Commerce. ww2dbase [Bazaar, Kansas | AC]
3 Jan 1942

United States
  • The B-25D variant of the B-25 Mitchell aircraft took its first flight; all B-25D aircraft were built at Kansas City, Kansas, United States. ww2dbase [B-25 Mitchell | Kansas City, Kansas | CPC]
8 Mar 1943

United States
1 May 1943

United States
10 Jul 1945

United States
  • Walter Beyer, a German prisoner of war, was executed by hanging in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States for the murder of fellow prisoner (and a spy for the guards at Camp Tonkawa in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States) in Nov 1943. ww2dbase [Camp Tonkawa | Leavenworth, Kansas | CPC]
5 Nov 1945

United States

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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