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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.

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... NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 17 Vol 2 Aug 14 1943 Media:Airscoop1943V2I19.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 19 Vol 2 Aug 28 1943 Media:Airscoop1943V2I20.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 20 Vol 2 Sep 4 1943 Media:Airscoop1943V2I21.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 21 Vol 2 Sep 11 1943 Media:Airscoop1943V2I22.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 22 Vol 2 Sep 15 1943 Media:Airscoop1943V2I24.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 24 Vol ...

Media:Airscoop1943V2I3.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issues 2 Vol 3 Feb 17 1943 10th German A-4 missile A-4 ( V-2 missile V-2 ) rocket traveled 121.8 miles after launch from Peenemünde .

Media:Airscoop1943V2I4.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issues 2 Vol 4 Mar 5 1943 Fifth prototype of Gloster Meteor, developed from the first British Jet aircraft, first flew, powered by Halford H-1 turbojet engines, forerunners of the De Havilland Goblin.

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."

Media:Airscoop1943V2I16.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 16 Vol 2 Aug 7 1943 German turbojet fighter, a Messerschmitt Me-262, demonstrated before Adolf Hitler in East Prussia.

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.

Media:Airscoop1943V2I25.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 25 Vol 2 Oct 2 1943 First U.S. military rocket-powered airplane, the Rocket Ram, was tested as a glider by John Myers. It was equipped with an Aerojet XCAL-200 engine, using monoethylanline as fuel.

Media:Airscoop1943V2I2.pdf NACA LMAL Bulletin Issue 2 Vol 2 Jan 23 1943 (4MB PDF)

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