Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
Flymuseet ved Gatow i tidligere Vest Berlin - Foto: Per Gram
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a
German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, it is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been
operational and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000 km/h
(621 mph) in level flight.
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Its performance and aspects of its design were
unprecedented. German test pilot Heini
Dittmar in
early July 1944 reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), an
unofficial flight airspeed record unmatched by turbojet-powered
aircraft for almost a decade.
Over 300 Komets were built, but the aircraft
proved lackluster in its dedicated role as an interceptor and destroyed between
9 and 18 Allied aircraft against 10 losses.
Aside from combat losses many pilots were
killed during testing and training.
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