December 3rd, 1945 (MONDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: A de-Havilland Sea Vampire 1 (LZ551) , used for deck landing trials aboard HMS Ocean, was the first jet fighter to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier, piloted by Lieutenant Commander Brown.
FRANCE: Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA) flies a Lockheed Model 049 Constellation on a special flight with invited guests from New York to Paris. This will be followed by scheduled flights on 5 February 1946.
U.S.A.: Less than a week before leaving government service, Bern, Switzerland, station chief for the Office of Strategic Services, gives a frank and unvarnished update on the situation in Germany to an off-the-record meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Peter Kilduff)