Does anyone remember the significance if todays date in aviation? Hint He was called The Lone Egale and the event involved a large body of water.
It was on this date that an ex-air mail pilot
crossed the North Atlantic and landed in France. Charles Lindburg became the world's best known American.
Judge Sharpe

On 28 July 1944 during a P-38 bomber escort mission with the 475th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force, in the Ceram area, Lindbergh is credited with shooting down a Sonia observation plane piloted by Captain Saburo Shimada, Commanding Officer of the 73rd Independent Chutai.

In the late 1940s, when he was inspecting US Air Force bases to evaluate the capability of American air power (of which he was a staunch supporter) in relation to the emerging Cold War, one general remembers Lindbergh's critical view of his own legacy. "I think my flight to Paris came too soon for the civilizations of the world," he commented, "They were suddenly thrown together by air travel and they weren't quite ready for it." [36]