<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bellicose" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Bellicose">Operation Bellicose</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_bombing" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shuttle bombing">shuttle bombing</a> raid of the war. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Avro Lancaster">Avro Lancaster</a> bombers damage the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="V-2 rocket">V-2 rocket</a> production facilities at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftschiffbau_Zeppelin" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luftschiffbau Zeppelin">Zeppelin Works</a> while en route to an air base in Algeria.