December 1934

From The Space Library

German Ordance group launch two A-2 rockets successfully to a height of 1.4 miles, on the Island of Borkum in the North Sen, before the C-in-C of the Army.

British War Office considered development of high-velocity rockets, and the Research Department at Woolwich Arsenal was requested to submit a program in April 1935. This led to antiaircraft rocket development, and some 2,500 test firings were made in Jamaica, 1938-39.