Lex Anteinternet: Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.: 

Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.

The French First Army advanced on German forces near Sarrebourg, Lorraine, France.

Albanian rebels attacked Durrës, the capital of Albania, but were driven back by Romanian volunteer forces, showing how confusing the Great War already was.

The first real bomber, the the French Voisin III, made its first combat run. An attack on German airship hangars at Metz-Frescaty Air Base in Germany.

The Austro Hungarian steamer SS Baron Gautsch struck a mine off of Croatia and sank, killing 150 passengers.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the Air Force.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the...:   

Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the Air Force.

 

Congress created the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, effectively creating what would become the Air Force.

Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 23, 1914. America

Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 23, 1914. The decisive Villista Vic...:

Tuesday, June 23, 1914. The decisive Villista Victory.

The first flight of the flying boat America took place in anticipation of a transatlantic flight that would not occur due to the outbreak of World War One.