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December 20, 1942

On December 20, 1942, world War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India. Michael Beloff, Robert Christgau, Jochen Rindt would arrive in the same year.

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World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), Japanese: 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, romanized: Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit. 'Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps') was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support for ground forces, as well as a limited air interdiction capability.

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1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.

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On December 20, 1942

1942 World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

Aerial warfare branch of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1912 to 1945

The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), Japanese: 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, romanized: Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit. 'Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps') was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support for ground forces, as well as a limited air interdiction capability.

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