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During the USAAF’s Oil Campaign, Me 163 Komet Rocket fighters protected the Leuna chemical complex

Till DaisdSep 18, 2023September 18, 20230

To safeguard the important Leuna chemical complex, the first Me 163 Komet rocket-fighter squadron was deployed at Brandis Due to the loss of German oilfields on the Eastern Front by…

The Me-163 was the first aircraft to use rocket propulsion

Till DaisdNov 3, 2022October 30, 20220

The Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet was the first rocket-propelled aircraft to enter operational service by any country in the world. Developed by Alexander Lippisch during World War II, it is one…

The Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui rocket-powered interceptor, the Japanese Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

Till DaisdDec 1, 2021May 8, 20240

On July 7, 1945, the prototype J8M1 Shusui made its one and only powered flight at a high cost Germany and Japan came to an arrangement in late 1943 wherein…