Naval Aviation Heritage

Question 0

8 May 1911

Answer 0

Captain W. I. Chambers prepared requisitions for two Glenn Curtiss biplanes, although these requisitions
purchased for $5,500 each and later became the Navy’s first aircraft the A-1 Triad. From this, May 8 has been officially proclaimed to be the birthday of naval aviation

Question 1

14 November 1910

Answer 1

First take-off from a ship—Eugene Ely, a civilian pilot, took off in a 50-hp Curtiss plane from a wooden platform built on the bow of USS BIRMINGHAM (CL 2)

Question 2

20 June 1913

Answer 2

Ensign William D. Billingsley, piloting the B-2 at 1,600 feet over the water near Annapolis, Md., was thrown from the plane and fell to his death, the first fatality of Naval Aviation

Question 3

22 October 1917

Answer 3

Ground School program at MIT

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Question 4

20 March 1922

Answer 4

The Jupiter, a former collier or coal-carrier, was re- commissioned after conversion to the Navy’s first carrier, the USS LANGLEY (CV- 1)

Question 5

10 March 1948

Answer 5

FJ-1 Fury, The first Navy jet made its first carrier landing on the USS Boxer (CV 21)

Question 6

Coral Sea

Answer 6

7-8 May 1942
breaking of the Japanese Navy code
The aircraft passed each other unseen in the clouds, in the world's first carrier verses carrier battle
Yorktown was damaged
Both sides withdrew

Question 7

Midway

Answer 7

3-5 June 1942
Midway was the turning point of the Pacific war
breaking of the Japanese naval code
Japanese armada of 160 warships
sank 4 Japanese carriers
In one day Japan lost its bid for control of the Pacific

Question 8

Guadalcanal

Answer 8

13-15 November 1942
but the five Sullivan brothers, from Waterloo, Iowa, insisted on staying together
The JUNEAU was damaged during the battle
The Sullivan’s along with 700 others were lost
Family member separations were reinstated
Southern Solomon’s came under allied control