On August 27, 1939, history witnessed the birth of the Jet Age. At the Heinkel airfield in Rostock, Germany, test pilot Erich Warsitz took off in the Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet-powered aircraft. Designed by Ernst Heinkel, this small, experimental plane was powered by the revolutionary HeS 3 turbojet engine — an invention that forever changed aviation. For the first time, a plane flew without propellers, driven purely by the thrust of a jet engine. The flight lasted just a few minutes,

Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1939, a flight of Heinkel He 115 B/C Seaplanes make a low level attack on a convoy in the mouth of the Humber River. RAF fighters out of RAF Digby shoot down 4 of the nine enemy aircraft. British forces incur no casualties or damage. Squadron Leader Barwell and Pilot Officer Plummer both received credit for victories. The Hawker Hurricane begins to prove its worth today. Hurricanes compose the "A" Flight of 46 Squadron that intercepted the Heinkels on the Lincolnshire Coast