Italian documentary of Luftwaffe equipment - Part 3 (Messerschmitt Me262 Swalbe, Messerschmitt Me163 Komet, Messerschmitt Bf109)

"Messerschmitt Me163 Komet"

"Messerschmitt Me262 Swalbe"



"Messerschmitt Bf109"

"Raketenjäger Messerschmitt Me163 - We ein Floh, aber oho! - "

Messerschmitt Me163 - Cockpit

A set of photos from the production process of Messerschmitt Me163 Komet

A set of picture of Messerschmitt Me163 Komet

Silent film which shows Nazi jet technology...

Silent film which shows Nazi jet technology, etc.

"This is a glimpse into the story of Hitler's secret weapons., the guided missiles and the revolutionary aircraft which astonished the world even while the death rattle was in the Nazi throat.

The complete story is yet to be written; but many of the salient facts are here in a motion picture which has been compiled, for the most part, from some 12 million feet of captured German film.

It is a picture of uncanny, devastating machines but also of enemy foresight and perseverance. It is a picture of an investment in aeronautical research and development.

From 1933 to 1939 the German government spend the equivalent of approximately $500,000,000 for scientific facilities and payrolls in the aeronautical program; in the war years several times that amount.

One thing the investment bought was Peenemünde, whence came the V-2, the most revolutionary military vehicle that has been developed to date."

Messerschmitt Me 163 and 262

Me 163 flow by test pilots Hanna Reitsch & Heini Dittmar

Highlights - Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat vs Me 163 and Me 262 (1944)

The Messerschmitt 262 - Documentary on the German Messerschmitt Jet Fighter 

Messerschmitt Me163. Part 4: Pilot Clothing and present day. Compiler: Luis German Dzib Aquilar

Me 163B pilot clothing (41)

The agressive fuels for the Walter rocket engine required special protective clothing for the pilots. The cockpit and center fuselage contained T-Stoff tanks. T-Stoff is a highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide. When it comes in contact with most materials, it decomposes and releases oxygen. Very quickly the oxygen content of the air exceeds a level where spontaneous combustion of materials occurs. In contact with skin it has a strong etching effect, similar but much stronger than the 9% hydrogen peroxide to bleach hair.

Messerschmitt Me163 Komet. Part 3: Flying Me163. Compiler: Luis German Dzib Aguilar

Flying the Me 163 

Captain Eric Brown RN, Chief Naval Test Pilot and commanding officer of the Captured Enemy Aircraft Flight, who tested the Me 163 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, said, "The Me 163 was an aeroplane that you could not afford to just step into the aircraft and say 'You know, I'm going to fly it to the limit.' You had very much to familiarise yourself with it because it was state-of-the-art and the technology used."

Messerschmitt Me163 Komet. Part 3: Operational history - Compiler: Luis German Dzib Aguilar

The initial test deployment of the Me 163A, to acquaint prospective pilots with the world's first rocket-powered fighter, occurred with Erprobungskommando 16, led by Luftwaffe Major Wolfgang Späte and first established in late 1942, receiving their eight A-model service test aircraft by July 1943. Their initial base was as the Erprobungsstelle test facility located at the Peenemünde-West field, then departed

Messerschmitt Me163 Komet. Part 2: Versions - Compiler Luis German Dzib Aguilar.

Production of a prototype series started in early 1941, known as the Me 163. Secrecy was such that the RLM's "GL/C" airframe number,8-163, was actually that of the earlier, pre-July 1938 Messerschmitt Bf 163 project to produce a small two-passenger light aircraft, which had unsuccessfully competed against the winning Fieseler Fi 156 Storch for a production contract. It was thought that intelligence services would conclude any reference to the number "163" would be for that earlier design. The Me 163A V4 was shipped to Peenemünde to receive the HWK

RII-203 engine on May 1941. By 2 October 1941, the Me 163A V4, bearing the radio call sign letters, or Stammkennzeichen, "KE+SW", set a new world speed record of

1,004.5 km/h (624.2 mph), piloted by Heini Dittmar, with no apparent damage to the aircraft during the attempt. (5)(6) Some postwar aviation history publications stated that the Me 163A V3 was thought to have set the record. (7)

Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Part 1: The beginning of history. The armament and Power plant. Compiler Luis German Dzib Aguilar

T

he Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, designed by Alexander Lippisch, was a German rocket powered fighter aircraft. It is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the Me 163 was capable of performance unrivaled at the time. German test pilot Heini Dittmar in early July 1944 reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph),  aflight airspeed record. Over 300 aircraft were built, but the Komet proved ineffective as a fighter and was responsible for the destruction of only about nine Allied aircraft. ⁽¹⁾ (16 air victories for 10 losses, according to other sources.) ⁽²⁾