Disguised and escorted through the Arctic by Soviet icebreakers, the German commerce raider Komet completed a secret transit of the Northeast Passage in 1940. Once in the Pacific, she unleashed ...
On this day in aviation history, 82 years ago (August 16, 1944), the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered interceptor was used against Allied bombers for the first time. Aircraft of ...