5 Mar 1937
- Imperial airways officially opened its new flying-boat base at Hythe on Southampton water in southern England, United Kingdom. This would become the centre for its Empire services. ww2dbase [AC]
- Newcastle was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Newcastle | CPC]
- M1 was launched at the Stülcken at the H. C. Stülcken Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [H. C. Stülcken Sohn | M1 | Hamburg | CPC]
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