This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939:
Events Heinkel He 176 and He 178: first functional jetplanes, powered by liquid-fulled rocket and by turbojet respectively. Both private ventures by Ernst Heinkel and test-flown by Erich Warsitz. The rocket used was developed by Hellmuth Walter and the turbojet by Hans von Ohain. Pan American World Airways begins scheduled flights from New York, New York to Southampton, England. October 8 - First RAF victory of World War II when a Lockheed Hudson shoots down a German aircraft over Jutland. First flights March 31 - Miles Master production aircraft N 7408 May 14 - Short Stirling July 17 - Bristol Beaufighter prototype R 2052 25 - Avro Manchester August 13 - Vickers Warwick September 24 - Handley Page Halifax H.P.57 prototype L 7244 Entered service February Lockheed Hudson with No. 224 Squadron RAF August Miles Master October Bristol Beaufort with No. 22 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) December Boulton Paul Defiant with No. 264 Squadron RAF