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Naval Aircraft Factory authorized to develop the Gorgon, an aerial rum or air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio control and a homing device. The Gorgon was later expanded into a broad program embracing turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket propulsion, and a variety of structures and guidance systems.

July 24-August 3: German city of Hamburg subjected to a series of massive RAF attacks, totaling 3,000 planes, which exploited first use of "chaff" or "window" to saturate radar early warning and resulting in a severe "fire storm."

Naval Air Material Center established at Johnsville, Pa., to include Naval Air Factory, Naval Aircraft Modification Unit, and Naval Air Experimental Station. Serious training of units for field employment of V-2 missile V-2 begun at Peenemünde . In January 1944, operational command of V-2 missile V-2 operations given to Gen. Richard Metz, leaving Gen. Walter Dornberger in charge ...

AAF Schweinfurt-Regensburg deep-penetration daylight raid by 370 B-17's, with heavy loss of 60 bombers. August 17-18: Royal Air Force attacked Germany's Peenemünde Rocket Research Center, causing heavy damage and delaying V-weapon program by weeks or months.

Navy initiated development of McDonnell Phantom XFD-1 fighter, first pure-jet aircraft developed for USN. German aircraft launched first HS-293 radio-controlled glide bomb against British ship in Bay of Biscay, the beginning of guided-missile warfare.

Adolf Hitler gave the German V-2 missile V-2 program highest military priority.

123,000 airplanes and 349,000 airplane motors were produced in the United States between May 1940 and this date.

Rocket Development Branch created in Army Ordnance to direct and coordinate development on rockets. U.S. Bell Airacomet first flown in England at Moreton Valence, result of exchange for first production model of a Meteor Mk I (EE210) sent to the United States. Late September: Aberdeen Ballistic Research Laboratories' Study entitled "Development of Long-Range Rocket Projectile" was submitted by ...

First afterburner for turbojet engines in America, built at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory .

USAAF demonstrated television control of a drone aircraft.

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