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First turbojet engine developed from American design by Westinghouse, the X19A, was completed. It was the precursor of the J30, J34, J40, J46, and J54 engines.

Research building of the AAF School of Aviation Medicine opened officially, housing 27 officers and 35 civilian staff members, and 4 altitude decompression chambers.

California Rocket Society tested first hybrid rocket design in United States, using oxygen and carbon.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England was Informed of reports on German experiments with long-range rockets.

German Messerschmitt Me-262 turbojet fighter prototype flight tested at Rechlin. Test flights continued during the year on interceptor type, while series production did not begin until spring of 1944.

A PBY Catalina, fitted with two liquid-propellant JATO rockets developed at Annapolis, took off with 20 Percent reduction in run. Liquid-propellant JATO was abandoned by Navy in 1944. May-June: Germans operationally test fired over 100 V-2 missile V-2 's from Blizna, Poland, launching 10 on one day, only a small number of which were fully successful. Kenneth Gatland of the CBAS ...

Lt. Col. William R. Lovelace , AAF Aeromedical Laboratory, made world record parachute jump from 40,200 feet at Ephrata, Wash.

First turbojet engine completed for the Navy, the Westinghouse 19A, completed its 100-hour endurance test.

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."

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