Royal Flying Corps Commander speaks on Military Aviation

General David Henderson, first commander of the Royal Flying Corps, outlines the future of military aviation, as reported by the New York Times on May 19, 1912

Lt General Sir David Henderson

Italy conquers Dodecanese Islands

Location of the Dodecanese Islands

Ottoman rule ends on Karpathos on May 12, 1912, when the Italians conquered the island, together with the whole Dodecanese, during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. On that day sailors of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) ship Vittorio Emanuele and the destroyer Alpino landed in Karpathos.





From the New York Times:

Machine Gun Fired from Airplane for First Time

May 8, 1912

A machine gun was fired from an airplane for the first time, in a test conducted near the College Park, Maryland, airfield by the U.S. Army. Charles deForest Chandler, chief of the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps, was able to fire a 28-pound Lewis Gun to hit targets on the ground, while Lt. Thomas D. Milling piloted the Wright biplane