On this day, at the age of 29, Lieutenant Pilot Stanisław Latwis, composer and author of the music for the Polish March of the Aviators, was killed in an aviation accident.
29 May
1940
86 years ago
Maiden Flight of the Corsair
The American carrier-based fighter Vought F4U Corsair made its maiden flight. The aircraft was used by the Americans mainly in the Pacific theatre of World War II and also took part in the Korean War. The French operated Corsairs until 1964.
