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Section 7.2 Airborne Systems 



S. H. Caldwell, Chief 

 Section 7.3 Servomechanisms 



E. J. Poitras, Chief 

 Section 7.4 Optical Range Finders 



Thornton C. Fry, Chief, December 9, 1942 — January 11, 1944 



P. R, Bassett, Chief, January 11, 1944 — May 31, 1946 

 Section 7.5 Fire Control Analysis (January 11, 1943 — April i, 1945) 



Warren Weaver, Chief 

 Section 7.6 Seaborne Fire Control (November 16, 1943 — June 30, 1946) 



I. A. Getting, Chief 



The field covered by Division 7 included directors for airborne, land based 

 and shipborne uses; servomechanisms for transmitting data to and from the 

 guns and for elevating and traversing the guns; special range finders and 

 testing equipment for assessing aerial gunnery and for evaluating the per- 

 formance of directors, and the development of gun sights for special pur- 

 poses. 



Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $2,627,701.00 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $1,626,585.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $2,952,621.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $1,299,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 504,784.51 



Division 8 



Title: Explosives 



G. B. Kistiakowsky, Chief, December 9, 1942 — February 15, 1944 



Ralph A. Connor, Chief, February 15, 1944 — July 2, 1946 



C. A. Thomas, Deputy Chief, December 9, 1942 — July 31, 1943 



Section 8.1 Physical (December 9, 1942 — March i, 1945) 



C. A. Thomas, Acting Chief, December 9, 1942 — January 14, 1943 

 G. B. Kistiakowsky, Acting Chief, January 18, 1943 — February 15, 



1944 

 Ralph A. Connor, Acting Chief, February 15, 1944 — March i, 1945 



Section 8.2 Organic (December 9, 1942 — March i, 1945) 



Ralph A. Connor, Chief, December 9, 1942 — February 15, 1944 

 J. R. Johnson, Chief, February 15, 1944 — March i, 1945 



Division 8 worked primarily on gun propellants, high explosives, shaped 

 charges, special types of explosive weapons, propellants for rockets and jet 

 propulsion, and a number of related projects. 



