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Japanese naval air units attacked Pearl Harbor.

USAAF requested NRDC to undertake development of controlled-trajectory bombs, the beginning of the development of Azon.

Hugh Franklin Pierce , James H. Wyld , John Shesta , and Lovell Lawrence Jr. of the American Rocket Society form Reaction Motors Incorporated in Pompton Plains New Jersey.

Arthur C. Clarke volunteers for the Royal Air Force for the second time.

Arthur C. Clarke passes his Royal Air Force Physical, GR1, and is recommended to be a "radio mechanic".

Arthur C. Clarke reports for his first day of duty at Royal Air Force base in Chester, England.

Arthur C. Clarke arrives at new RAF posting in London's Staffordshire House.

Arthur C. Clarke , Harold Ernest Ross and Ralph Andrew Smith have BIS meeting.

Arthur C. Clarke writes BIS pamphlet. Clarke continues to write and mail correspondence throughout the war to members of the BIS as well as space enthusiasts in America such as Willy Ley .

French employed first air-to-air combat rockets, four Le Prieur rockets attached to each strut of Nieuport fighter, credited with downing of German hydrogen-inflated Zeppelin LC-77. The Belgian, Willy Coppens and Briton, Albert Bail, reportedly used rockets effectively against German balloons until incendiary bullets were developed.

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