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Bezig met laden... Rocket Fighter (1961)door Mano Ziegler
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BAPTISM OF FIRE: THE WORLDS FIRST ROCKET-POWERED JET FIGHTER. The Messerschmitt 163 was developed and tested by the Germans in absolute secrecy. As World War II drew to a close and Allied bomber formations swept across the German countryside, the Luftwaffe high command pinned its last desperate hopes on this deadly new flying machine. Although the plane came too late for Germany, it forever altered the face of war. Mano Ziegler, one of the few men to survive the Me 163's initiation in battle, tells the story of the brave pilots pushed to the limits of physical endurance men who, bound by duty and driven by courage, experienced high-altitude velocities and air pressures no human body had ever before endured. He also tells the story of the plane itself, which screwed across the sky at unheard of speeds to usher in the age of supersonic flight and of supersonic fighters.-Print ed. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Exploded on take-off, overcome by fumes in the cockpit, crashed on landing and knocked unconscious and dissolved by leaking rocket fuel, etc. It is frightening just to read about it.
Combat technique was in the future, surviving the development was precarious. If you only ever read one Luftwaffe book, this would be a good choice.
Further reading, since I wrote this initially, reveals that this is not an entirely chronologically accurate story. Rather it is a synthesis of experiences of the author, and others. In this regard it has a common thread with (say) Roald Dahl's biographical works, which prioritise the story above the literal truth. However, my initial summary still stands.
Even more reading reveals a telling phrase in Hanna Reitsch: Flying for the Fatherland, where Hannah Reitsch is described as referring to Mano Ziegler as a "journalist"
Paul (