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  2. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet - Wikipedia

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    The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight.

  3. Walter HWK 109-509 - Wikipedia

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    The cockpit of the Me 163 Komet is a mockup. (Image from Shuttleworth Collection, UK) Early versions of the Me 163 had been powered by an earlier design running on a "cold engine" fueled with Z-Stoff. This fuel tended to clog the jets in the combustion chamber, causing fluctuations in power and potentially explosions.

  4. Alexander Lippisch - Wikipedia

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    Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet; Lippisch P.13, 1943 push-pull bomber design; Lippisch P.13a, a unique delta-winged, ramjet-powered interceptor. Lippisch P.13b, a unique airplane powered by a rotating fuel-table of lignite, owing to the fuel shortages late in World War 2 in Germany. Lippisch P.15, a development of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

  5. Rocket-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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    [18] [page needed] The Me 163 Komet is the only type of rocket-powered fighter to see combat in history, and one of only two types of rocket-powered aircraft seeing any combat. A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka replica at the Yasukuni Shrine Yūshūkan war museum. Japan, who was allied to Nazi Germany, secured the design schematics of the Me 163 Komet. [19]

  6. Eric Brown (pilot) - Wikipedia

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    Messerschmitt Bf 109 E (Emil) and G (Gustav) – Brown flew the G-12 training sub-type from the rear cockpit and nearly crashed because of poor visibility from that position. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Brown was one of few pilots to successfully fly one of these, having signed a disclaimer for the German ground crew. [62] Messerschmitt Me 262 ...

  7. Mitsubishi J8M - Wikipedia

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    The Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui (Japanese: 三菱 J8M 秋水, literally "Autumn Water", used as a poetic term meaning "Sharp Sword", deriving from the swishing sound of a sword) is a Japanese World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft closely based on the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

  8. File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-058-62, Raketenjäger Me 163 A ...

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  9. German submarine U-1224 - Wikipedia

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    German submarine U-1224 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. She was constructed by Deutsche Werft of Hamburg, and was commissioned on 20 October 1943, with Kapitänleutnant Georg Preuss in command. She was assigned to the 31st U-boat Flotilla, a submarine training unit.