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James T Fitzgerald Jr American Pilot Test Pilot. . Died ca. 1949. Personal: Male. Aircraft accident. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Test Pilot (USAF). Deceased Flights on the XS-1 # 1. Became the second person to break the sound barrier. Killed in a flight accident not long after his XS-1 flight series. Fitzgerald Chronology 24 February 1948 - XS-1 Flight 71. AF flight 20. Engine fire after launch forced jettisoning of propellants, completed as a glide flight. However Fitz-Gerald reached 12.1 km and reached Mach 1.10 before the engine was shut off, in the process becoming the second person to break the sound barrier. 6 April 1948 - XS-1 Flight 81. AF flight 24. Pilot-check flight. Mach 1.1, during 4-cylinder run at 12505 m. 8 April 1948 - XS-1 Flight 83. AF flight 26. Familiarization flight. 26 April 1948 - XS-1 Flight 88. AF flight 29. Aborted because of inconsistent rocket operation. Reached mach 0.9. 4 May 1948 - XS-1 Flight 90. AF flight 31. Pressure distribution survey. Mach 1.15. 25 May 1948 - XS-1 Flight 92. AF flight 33. Buffet investigation, wing and tail loads. Mach 1.08. Bibliography:
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