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1945 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945:

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The probe-and-drogue aerial refueling system, in which the tanker aircraft trails a hose with a stabilizing conical drogue at its end which mates to a fixed probe mounted on the receiving aircraft, is perfected. It is superior to and replaces the looped-hose system which had been in use since 1934, and it remains in use today.

January

January 1 – The Luftwaffe targets Allied airfields in Europe in "Operation Bodenplatte", occurring during the German withdrawal from the Battle of the Bulge.

January 2

Japanese aircraft attack United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bases on Saipan for the last time.
U.S. Army Air Forces Twentieth Air Force B-29s based at Calcutta, India, bomb Bangkok, Siam.
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay dies in the crash just after takeoff of a Lockheed Hudson at Toussus-le-Noble, France.

Japanese aircraft attack United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bases on Saipan for the last time.

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