THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1943

• Henschel Hs 293 guided missile 1st used
• Rocket warfare during World War II
• New German radio controlled  glider bomb

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Nazi Rocket Glider Bomb Is Seen For First Time, Diving at Convoy" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Background: The Henschel Hs 293 stands out in military history as the world’s first operational radio-guided, rocket-boosted air-to-surface missile used in combat, fundamentally pioneering stand-off naval warfare upon its 1943 debut. Derived from a standard SC 500 high-explosive bomb outfitted with short monoplane wings, a tail unit, and an underslung Walter HWK liquid-propellant rocket motor, this 1,045 kg weapon delivered a short 10-second boost before gliding toward its target at speeds reaching up to 930 km/h. Deployed primarily from Luftwaffe bombers like the Dornier Do 217 and Heinkel He 177 against unarmored or lightly armored merchant and escort ships, it relied on a Manual Command to Line-of-Sight (MCLOS) radio link—where a bombardier tracked a bright tail flare and guided the missile via a joystick transmitting through the Kehl-Straßburg radio system.