Horten IX to fly. The incomplete V3 prototype was shipped to the United States, and is in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. 19 February Two Lockheed P-38L Lightnings of the 433d Base Unit out of Chico Army Airfield, California, collide in mid-air northwest of Barstow, California, during a routine training and gunnery-practice flight and came down near Superior Dry Lake. "When the planes collided, one exploded in the air, and the other crashed to the ground." 2d Lt. Earl A. Morgan Jr. (in P-38L-1-LO, 44-23861) and 2d Lt. Walter E. Mogensen (in P-38L-5-LO, 44-25637) were both killed. Morgan's mother, Ruth E. Morgan, lived in Camp Rowio, Texas; Mogensen's father, Carl G. Mogensen, lived in Modesto, California. "Col. Robert A. Nagle, commanding officer, permitted the identity of the two officers to become known last night (19 February) after notification had been given to next of kin." 22 Feb 1945. Two TBF Avengers collide near Anacapa Island off the coast of California, 4 men are killed. (More details needed). 26 February Lieutenant General Millard Harmon (1888-1945) and Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (1904–1945) are lost with the Consolidated C-87A-CO Liberator Express, 41-24174, on which they were flying between Kwajalein and Johnston Island, en route to Hawaii. Harmon graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1912. In 1942 Harmon first became the Chief of the Air Staff, Army Air Forces and then the commander of all U.S. Army forces in the South Pacific Area. In 1944 he became commander of Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (AAFPOA) and deputy commander of the Twentieth Air Force. The flight that Harmon and Andersen were on that led to their deaths was conducted because Harmon was on the way to Washington, D.C. to settle a dispute over long-distance escort fighter groups originally a part of his forces that were transferred to Major General Curtis Lemay, the commander of XXI Bomber Command. Andersen graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1926, served at several army installations, and obtained his wings at Kelly Field, Texas, in 1936. In 1943–1944, he served on the War Department General Staff. In January 1945, Andersen was assigned to HQ AAF, Pacific Ocean Area. Harmon Air Force Base, Guam, and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, were named in their honor. The pilot of the aircraft was F. E. Savage. 1 March The first manned flight test, launched from the