In 1918, on this day, the Royal Air Force was formed as a result of the merger between the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

On May 1st, 1936, the first flight of the Supermarine Spitfire took place. The Spitfire was a legendary fighter plane that played a critical role in the Battle of Britain during World War II.

In 1941, on May 1st, the RAF's No. 617 Squadron carried out a bombing raid on the German battleship Tirpitz, anchored in a Norwegian fjord.

On this day in 1957, the RAF's first delta-winged jet aircraft, the Gloster Javelin, entered into service.

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