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British aviators John William Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were the first men to fly the Atlantic non-stop

14 June 1919. Their Vickers-Vimy-Rolls bomber in the bog where they landed being guarded by British troops

Source: Universal History Archive/UIG/Shutterstock

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