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The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: Hitler's Hot Rod Rocket Plane
Between July and October of 1941, the Komet, fitted with Walter's improved R II-203b rocket motor producing 1,635 lb of thrust, flew powered trials at Peenemünde. Dittmar was breaking world speed ...
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The Me 163 Komet Rocket Fighter Melted Her Pilots to Death
Therefore, the Nazi German Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket plane arguably takes the cake as the most fratricidal fighter plane of all time. Though this isn’t my first time ...