The Me 163 would be towed aloft ... 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.

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 ...

Throughout the history of military aviation, there have been many examples of warbirds that were every bit as deadly, if not more so in some cases, to the crews flying ...