2015 Event Officials find that Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of downed Germanwings Flight 4U 9525, had mental and physical health problems that he hid from the airline; a doctor's note was found excusing him from work on the day that he crashed the plane 1988 Event Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane 1922 Birthday Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1922 Birthday Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts
