09 august 1941. Leeuwarden airfield, Holland. Me-110 with strange antennas on the nose took off.

It was the first flight of the fighter with radar onboard. Me-110 was equipped with  “Lichtenstein” radar. Two members of crew were oberleutnant Ludvig Bekker and sergeant Josef Staub.

During that test flight Me-110 has spotted British bomber with radar and has shot it down. It was the beginning of all the radars era.

8 August of 1941 bombers group of Order of the Red Banner Baltic Navy Air Forces performed first in the WWII Soviet bomb strike on Berlin.
This event was widely presented in media and had great influence on the moral of all Soviet people, which was extremeley necessary that time.