27 Jan 1946
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
- USS DD-224 departed Kwajalein, Marshall Islands under tow by tug ATR-86 and tug ATR-64. ww2dbase [Stewart | Kwajalein | CPC]
- USS Charr arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Charr | San Diego, California | CPC]
- Colonel William Councill made the first transcontinental jet flight across the United States (Long Beach, California to New York, New York) in a P-80 jet fighter. The flight time was 4 hours, 13 minutes, and 26 seconds, and the average speed of 940 kilometers per hour (584 miles per hour). ww2dbase [P-80 Shooting Star | Long Beach, California | CPC]
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