December 13 1918
The first flight from England to India begins when a Handley-Page V/1500 bomber takes off from Martlesham Heath, piloted by Major A.S.C. MacLaren and Captain Robert Halley, navigated by Sergeant Thomas Brown with Flight Sergeants Crockett and Smith as fitters. Brigadier General Norman MacEwen rides along as a passenger. The previous July MacLaren had piloted the first flight from England to Egypt in a Handley-Page 0/400.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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