June 1941
From The Space Library
Col. Donald J. Keirn of Wright Field sent to England to study Gloster jet aircraft and its Whittle-I engine. AAP decision to produce Whittle engine made in September, and the XP-59 flew a year later.
Old Fireball a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Science Fiction magazine.