1944
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April
- first group of WASPs arrived at Fairfax Airport
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| June
6 - D-Day: invasion of Europe begins with Allied landings
at Normandy |
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July 20
- Hitler survives assassination attempt
July
- by this time the Kansas City Red Cross has sent 156,000
pints of blood overseas
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| September
11
- Navy "E" Award presented to North American Aviation |
| May
1 - WASPs assigned to Fairfax Airport in Kansas City,
Kansas
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October
12 - Raid on Formosa to retake the Philippine Islands,
lasting three days in which 500 Japanese aircraft and
40 Japanese war ships were destroyed for the cost of
89 American aircraft.
November
7 - Roosevelt elected to fourth term
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