Lt.(JG) A.J. Furtek makes the first U.S. Navy live ejection in flight from Douglas JD-1 <i>Invader</i> on 1 November 1946, near Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey (USA). The JD-1 was flying at a height of 1.500 m with a speed of 400 kph.
U.S. Navy
1946-11-01
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194701.pdf">January 1947</a>, p. 27.