5 Mar 1937
  • Imperial airways officially opened its new flying-boat base at Hythe on Southampton water in southern England, United Kingdom. This would become the centre for its Empire services. ww2dbase [AC]
  • Newcastle was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Newcastle | CPC]
Germany
  • M1 was launched at the Stülcken at the H. C. Stülcken Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [H. C. Stülcken Sohn | M1 | Hamburg | CPC]

5 Mar 1937 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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