21 Nov 1935

Japan
  • Captain Michiaki Kamata was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
  • Chiaki Matsuda was made a faculty member at the Naval War College in Kamiosaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Chiaki Matsuda | Tokyo | CPC]
Russia
  • Russian test pilot V. Kokkinaki flying a specially modified TsKB-3 raised the world altitude record to 47,818 feet. ww2dbase [I-15 | AC]

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US Marines lining up for physical drills on USS Cowpens' flight deck, probably in the Pacific Ocean while en route to US Territory of Hawaii, circa mid-1943; note inflatable life belts, SK radar antenna mounted on the stub mast between the stacks, and F6F, SBD, and TBM aircraft

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