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The Me 163 Komet Rocket Fighter Melted Her Pilots to Death
The Me 163 Komet made her maiden flight on September 1, 1941, but didn’t enter into operational service until 1944. One of Hitler’s Wunderwaffen ("Wonder Weapons"), the Me 163 made history ...
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The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: Hitler's Hot Rod Rocket Plane
Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me-163 had an amazing ... and October of 1941, the Komet, fitted with Walter's ...
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Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet
One of the most remarkable of the Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) produced by the Nazi Germany during World War II, the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet holds the distinction of being the first and only ...