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Remembering Maj. Frederic Borsodi, Who Died This Day in 1945 Testing an Early American Jet Fighter
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Remembering Maj. Frederic Borsodi, Who Died This Day in 1945 Testing an Early American Jet Fighter
The ending months of World War II were not only a time of global conflict, but also a period of rapid change in aviation. Jet technology was moving from experimental labs into military service. One of the earliest American jet fighters was the Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star. On January 28, 1945, that fighter claimed the life of one of its test pilots, Major Frederic Austin Borsodi, during an early evaluation flight in England. His story illustrat…
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