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Chronology - 1943 - Quarter 2

Previous Quarter

- 1943 Apr 11 - Nation: USA.

First hybrid rocket tested.
California Rocket Society tested first hybrid rocket design in United States, using oxygen and carbon. References: 17 .

- 1943 Apr 15 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

V-2 development detected by British Intelligence.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England was informed of reports on German experiments with long-range rockets. References: 17 .

- 1943 Apr 28 - Nation: USA.

- 1943 May 1 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: JATO.

JATO tests.
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. References: 17 .

- 1943 May 30 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

First V-2's launched from Poland.
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. References: 17 .

- 1943 Jun 1 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: Me-163.

First Me-163B flight.
Messerschmitt Me-163B rocket interceptor powered by Walther "hot" engine successfully flown at Bremen, Augsburg, and near Leipzig, Germany. Over 300 Me-163B's were produced by Junkers by the end of 1944. References: 17 .

- 1943 Jun 2 - Nation: Romania.

- 1943 Jun 2 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Charles Richard Chappell born in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

- 1943 Jun 28 -

Von Braun promoted to SS Sturmbannfuehrer.
He was assigned to the Staff of the Oberabschnitt Ostsee.

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