October 7, 1918
Lts. S.R. Keesler and H. R. Riley of the 24th Aero Squadron went on a special reconnaissance mission and were attacked in flight by four German fighters. Keesler tried to drive off the Germans with his machine gun, but the attackers shot them down behind enemy lines. Keesler died the next day from his wounds, and received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.
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October 7, 1919
The Army conducted reliability and endurance testing from New York to San Francisco and back, with 44 planes making the westbound leg, 15 the eastbound, and 10 the complete round trip. Lt. B. W. Maynard in a DH-4 had the best east-west and round-trip times, while Maj. Carl A. Spaatz in a DH-4B had the fastest west-east flight.
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October 7, 1943
The 422nd Bomb Squadron dispatched four aircraft on a leaflet-dropping mission over Paris to begin special operations from the United Kingdom.10
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October 7, 1950
The U.S. Air Force dropped food to a group of 150 former prisoners of war, who had escaped during the North Korean retreat.
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