01.06.1939 Maiden flight, in Bremen, of one of the greatest fighters of WW2, The FW 190V-1, coded D-OPZE. Focke-Wulf Fw.190A/S Wurger
01.06.1941 Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. Junkers Ju.52
01.06.1943 British Overseas Airways Corporation Douglas DC-3 Flight 777 was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju.88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3/C-47/C-53/R4D/Dakota Junkers Ju.88
01.06.1960 A RB-47E of 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing USAF was shot down by Soviet MiG-17 fighters over the Barents sea. Only two crew members (of six) survived. The US plane was on an ELINT mission known as "Ferret". MiG MiG-17/J-5/Lim-5/Lim-6 Fresco Boeing B-47 Stratojet
