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Chronology - 1944 - Quarter 3

Previous Quarter

- 1944 Jul 5 - Nation: USA.

MX-324 rocket fighter prototype first flight. Spacecraft: MX-324.
The MX-324, first U.S. military rocket-powered plane built by Northrop, was flown by test pilot Harry Crosby, at Harper Dry Lake, Calif. References: 17 .

- 1944 Jul 22 -

- 1944 Jul 26 - Nation: Lithuania.

Future cosmonaut Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius born in Kapsukas, Lithuania.

- 1944 Jul 27 - Nation: Belarus.

- 1944 Aug 1 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko born in Koltubanovskiy, Orenburg, Russia.

- 1944 Aug 1 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: Me-163.

Me-163B first operational use.
German Me-163B Komet rocket-powered fighters first attacked American bomber formations over Europe. The Me-163 had sweptback wings, Walther liquid-fuel rocket motor, speed of 590 mph, and powered flight duration of 8-10 minutes. References: 17 .

- 1944 Aug 24 - Nation: USA.

- 1944 Sep 2 - Nation: Switzerland.

- 1944 Sep 3 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Sherwood Clark (Woody) Spring born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

- 1944 Sep 8 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

First V-2 attacks.
First German V-2 fired in combat exploded in suburb of Paris; the second struck London a few hours later. References: 17 .

- 1944 Sep 18 - Nation: USA.

- 1944 Sep 23 - Nation: USA.

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