May 1943

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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's from Blizna, Poland, launching 10 on one day, only a small number of which were fully successful.

Kenneth Gatland of the CBAS writes a feature article "The Reaction Motor" for Practical Mechanics magazine in the UK.

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