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Capronl-Campini jet-propelled plane, conventional engine with ducted fan, produced and test flown in Italy. ''Jurisdiction'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. ''The Return of Circe'' appears in Fantastic Adventures magazine.

Messerschmitt Me-103A powered by "cold" H. Walther rocket successfully flown at Augsburg, Germany, development of which had begun in 1937, but "cold" engine proved unreliable. Flights were also made in October which reached speeds of 1,003 km/hr, or Mach 0.85. Dr. Robert H. Goddard began work on liquid-propellant JATO under contract to USN and AAF, delivering a device to both agencies on ...

Post of Air Surgeon was created within the Army Air Forces.

Harriman mission made globe-circling flight of 24,700 miles from Washington to Moscow and return In B-24 bomber.

First flight of the AAF GB-1 guided glide bomb, containing preset guidance.

First launching of an experimental GB-8 glide bomb, incorporating radio controls.

Italian jet-propelled Caproni-Campini airplane flown 475 kilometers in 2 hours 11 minutes from Turin to Rome, by Mario de Barnardini.

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.

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