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RARE! "Rocket Scientist" Roy Healy Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA
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Up for auction a RARE! "Rocket Scientist" Roy Healy Hand Signed 3X5 Card. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.ES-3968D
Roy Healy
(1915–1968) was an
American
rocket
scientist
. He was a member of the
American Rocket Society
. During
World War II
, when the military significance of rockets was recognized, Roy Healy, at the time a
civilian
engineer
, was sent by
Dover Air Force Base
to
Burma
. There he supervised the installation of
rocket launchers
on
fighter planes
, to be used against the
Japanese
in
Southeast Asia
, and provided training for this new equipment. He supervised the modifications made to the
mounts
on the
P-51
A in the field so that the aircraft could carry both
bombs
and rocket launchers. The crater
Healy
on the
Moon
is named after him.