Timeline of the Third Mexican-American War, 1915
1915: In Germany, the Fokker Eindecker fighter plane makes its first flight. In the United States, the Curtiss JN "Jenny" enters series production.
February 1915: In Germany, the last Etrich Taube observation and bomber aircraft are withdrawn from frontline service and converted into trainers.
03.21.1915: In Britain, half the population has died of the Soldiers’ Sickness. Entire villages cease to exist. Sir Nigel begins.
04.01.1915: In France, the Morane Saulnier Bullet makes its combat debut. It is the first fighter plane to be equipped with a forward-firing machine gun, which avoids shooting off the propeller by use of deflector wedge. Frenchman Roland Garros achieves the first ever shooting down of an aircraft by a fighter firing through a tractor propeller, on 1 April 1915, and he achieves two more victories over German aircraft on 15 and 18 April 1915.
04.18.1915: In France, after achieving his third air-to-air victory, Roland Garros is brought down in his Morane Saulnier Bullet by a clogged fuel line. He is captured along with the deflector wedges, which are presented to Dutch-German aircraft designer Anthony Fokker.
06.27.1915: En route to El Paso by train, Pascual Orozco is arrested in Newman, Texas, and charged with conspiracy to violate the U.S. neutrality laws. He is placed under house arrest at his family’s home at 1315 Wyoming Avenue in El Paso.
July 1915: i. In the United States, the 1st Aero Squadron of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, receives eight Curtiss JN-2 Jenny biplanes at San Diego. ii. In France, “the Fokker scourge” begins as the Fokker Eindecker appears. It is the first fighter plane with a gun firing through the propeller via synchronizer gear. It is far superior to the Morane-Saulnier Bullet and will rule the skies over Europe until January 1916.
07.02.1915: In Spain, ex-President of Mexico Porfirio Diaz dies, age 84.
August 1915: In the United States, the 1st Aero Squadron of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, is transferred to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to work with the Field Artillery School, during which one Jenny crashes, resulting in a fatality. The pilots of the squadron meet with its commander, Captain Benjamin Foulois, to advise that the JN-2 is unsafe because of low power, shoddy construction, instability, and an overly sensitive rudder. Foulois and his executive officer, Captain Thomas D. Milling disagree, and flights continue.
08.16.1915: In Mexico, the Battle of Santiago de Queretaro begins with Marines besieged at their artillery base.
08.30.1915: In the United States, General Pascual Orozco is killed by Texas law enforcement while trying to escape back to Mexico.
September 1915: In the United States, a second Curtiss JN-2 Jenny from the 1st Aero Squadron of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps crashes early in the month, resulting in the grounding of the six remaining JN-2s until mid-October.
October 1915: In the United States, two new Curtiss JN-3 Jenny biplanes are delivered to the 1st Aero Squadron at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. At mid-month, the grounded JN-2 aircraft are upgraded to the new design.
10.30.1915: Day of the Dead Offensive launched prematurely: Federales and CommuMex guerillas attack 100+ cities in Northern Mexico.
10.31.1915: CommuMex guerillas attack U.S. embassy in Monterrey.
11.05.1915: In the United States, off Pensacola, Florida, a Curtiss Model F flying boat becomes the first aircraft to be launched by catapult from a warship while underway when it takes off from the USS North Carolina with Captain Henry C. Mustin at the controls.
11.24.1915: Battle of Mexico City ends; city retaken by U.S. and ARNM troops.
