1969 Event Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83 1943 Event U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje 1940 Event Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the U.S. 1939 Event German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) 1933 Event Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship 1930 Event 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York 1919 Event 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a Navy seaplane 1918 Event S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1911 Event Britain's 1st seaplane flies 1910 Event 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
