Colonel David Carl Schilling, commanding officer of the U.S. 31st Escort Wing made a nonstop transatlantic jet flight in a single-engine F-84E Republic Thunderjet. Schilling flew from Mansion, England, to the U.S. Air Force base at Limestone, ME , a distance of 5,309 kilometres or 10 hours. Schilling made three aerial refuelling contacts with Air Force tanker planes. Lieutenant Colonel William D. Ritchie, later flew an F-84, was forced to bail out over Labrador, Canada.

Date:
      September 22, 1950
Name(s):
      Colonel David Carl Schilling
Occupation:
      Commanding Officer
Location:
      Limestone, ME,USA

Additional Information:

• David C. Schilling – Wikipedia
  In 1950, he flew from RAF Manston in the United Kingdom to Maine in the United States, in the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight by a jet fighter. Using probe-and-drogue flight refuelling, Schilling, flying an F-84E Thunderjet and another F-84E flown by Col.
• Transatlantic flight – Wikipedia
  A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, … (The first successful transatlantic flight in a balloon was the Double Eagle II from Presque Isle, Maine, … However, larger aircraft could be flown directly to the UK and an organization was set up to manage this using civilian pilots.
• 50 years on: the first transatlantic jet flight | The Times
  Sep 26, 2008 – 50 years on: the first transatlantic jet flight … of the Atlantic with passengers who paid at least £279 and 15 shillings for the breakthrough journey …
• The First Transatlantic Jet Fighter ‹ HistoricWings.com :: A …
  Sep 22, 2012 – … on the first attempt to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean from the UK. … Schilling and Ritchie had pioneered the first non-stop flight across …
• Famous Firsts in Aviation – Infoplease
  First nonstop transatlantic jet flight. Col. David C. Schilling (USAF) flew 3,300 mi from England to Limestone, Maine, in 10 hr., 1 min.