"shiver" wrote in message
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So.... I'm curious as to how the JATO rockets were developed and where
they were first used.

Looking at those famous pix of a HERC using them for takeoff assistance
made me kinda curious.

Now it is a bit of a trick question.... so have at it.

The "Hurricat" - Hurricane launched by rocket assistance from Merchant ships
as an escort stop gap measure on Atlantic convoys must surely be one of the
earliest uses.

JohnB