22.06.1936 Maiden flight of PZL P.37 Los (Elk). This was one of the best light pre-WW2 bombers and after the Polish Collapse was used by Romania against the USSR. PZL P.37 Los
22.06.1941 At 03:30 the Luftwaffe attacks Soviet airfields, this was the beginning of Operation Barbarossa the attack against the Soviet Union. The Soviet VVS was caught by surprise by the waves of Ju.88s, Do.17Z and Ju.87 Stukas and suffers huge loses. The Great Patriotic war began. Heinkel He.111 Junkers Ju.87 Stuka Junkers Ju.88 Messerschmitt Bf.109E Emil
22.06.1943 First mayor raid against the Ruhr by 8h Air Force. 182 B-17's and 11 YB-40 (a heavily armed version of B-17) attacks chemicals plants of Huls AG. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
22.06.1954 Maiden flight of the first prototype of XA4D-1 Skyhawk, one of the best carrierbased light attack planes of its era and using many wars around the world. Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
