First World War: Technology
| First World War: Technology |
|---|
| First German aircraft shot down by another plane | 5th October, 1914 |
| Farman MF-11 carries out first night bombing raid | 21st December, 1914 |
| Roland Garros uses deflector plates | 1st April, 1915 |
| German gas attack at Ypres | 26th April, 1915 |
| First Zeppelin raid on London | 31st May, 1915 |
| First tank demonstrated to British military leaders | 11th September, 1915 |
| First use of British tanks at Flers-Courcelette | 15th September, 1916 |
| First heavy bomber, the Handley Page, goes into action | November, 1916 |
| Junkers D-1, first all-metal plane produced | March 1918 |