WWII Bachem Ba 349 rocket-powered interceptor - photos

[Altair]

WWII Bachem Ba 349 rocket-powered interceptor.





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Previously:

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden - photos
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor - photo
Gloster Javelin interceptor aircraft - GIF
Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk jet interceptor - photos
Nord 1500 Griffon experimental interceptor - photos and video

[bruce.desertrat]

��"'Vunce the rockets go up, who cares vere they come down,
That's not my department' says Werner von Braun"��

-- Tom Lehrer

The only manned vertical launch test flight killed the pilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349_Natter