Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me-163 had an amazing climb rate and top speed thanks to its unique rocket engine ...
Key Point: The Me 163 was too fast to be a good bomber destroyer. Nazi Germany pursued numerous ambitious and impractical weapon programs over the course of World War II. One of the few that saw ...
Me 163 Komet – A Short History – Rarely in the history of military aviation has an aircraft been so advanced that its rivals didn’t know how to counter it. Yet, such was the case with the ...