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The Bell X-1D was a rocket engine–powered aircraft, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft.

Pilot Agency Flights Aircraft
Jean Ziegler Bell 1 48-1386
Frank Everest USAF 1 48-1386

On 22 August 1951, the X-1D was lost in a fuel explosion during preparations for the first powered flight. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact after it was jettisoned from its EB-50A mothership.[1]

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  1. ↑ NASA Fact Sheet

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