This Day in Aviation History

August 4th, 1944
An RAF Meteor becomes the first jet aircraft to score a V-1 flying bomb ‘kill’ by tipping it over with its wingtip.

Wikipedia, Gloster Meteor:   http://bit.ly/1APwa3L

Wikipedia, V-1 flying bomb:   http://bit.ly/1ou69S2

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