Tuesday, May 9, 1944. Sevastopol liberated.

The Red Army took Sevastopol.  Axis troops fall back on Cape Kersonessky for evacuation.

Brig. Gen. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez became President of El Salvador after Maximiliano Hernández Martínez fled the country.   He'd only serve until October, when he'd fall in a coup and be exiled to Guatemala.  He'd ultimately move to New York, where he died in 1962 at the age of 83.

J79.

General Electric’s XJ79 turbojet engine makes its first flight in the NB-45 test aircraft over Sche­nectady, N.Y. 

The same engine was developed into the j79 which was used in the Convair B-58, the Lockheed F-104, and the McDonnell Douglas F-4. 

Pretty amazing really.

Last prior edition:

Monday, May 8, 1944. Red Army defeated in Romania again.

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