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17 hours ago · On 29 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation they claimed 2 Messerschmitt Bf 109 's and a Messerschmitt Bf 110 during their 1st sortie, plus 5 Junkers Ju 87 's in their 2nd that day, becoming Britain's first " aces in a day " in the Second World War. [ 26 ] KIA 31 May 1940. Cooper-Slipper, Thomas Paul Michael.
17 hours ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [ 9 ][ Note 1 ] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
