V1, V2 - Set of videos

Set of pictures of V1,V2 and Fieseler Fi 103R

Part of V2 inspected by US soldiers

Two former concentration camp prisoner in Peenemunde sit at the tail of the German V-2 rocket (V-2). Germany, the island of Usedom, 1945

V2 Rocket captured by US forces

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

Messerschmitt Me163 - Cockpit

A set of picture of Messerschmitt Me163 Komet

Rocket engine Master: Hellmuth Walter

Hellmuth Walter

Hellmuth Walter (26 August 1900 in Wedel near Hamburg – 16 December 1980 in Upper Montclair, New Jersey) was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the Messerschmitt Me 163, Bachem Ba 349, Henschel Hs293, Messerschmitt "Enzian", Henschel Hs.117 "Schmetterling" and some early version of Messerschnmitt Me262, so-called Starthilfe jettison able rocket propulsion units used for a variety of Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II, and a revolutionary new propulsion system for submarines known as air-independent propulsion (AIP).

The HWK 109 507- the major components labelled.

Walter was developing submarine engines, he was also applying his ideas to rocketry. The high pressure gas mixture created by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide could not only be used in a turbine, but if simply directed out of a nozzle, created considerable thrust.

Pictures of the production process of rocket engine Walther HWK 09509 A 1

Pictures adopted from the incredible website WWW.DEUTSCHELUFTWAFFE.de

The HWK 109-509 was a German liquid-fuel bipropellant rocket engine that powered the Messerschmitt Me 163 and Bachem Ba 349 aircraft. It was produced by Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft (HWK) commencing in 1943. For more, click HERE