Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Pilot

摘要

In a War where innovation was the norm, the Messer-schmitt Me 163B Komet rocket-powered point-interceptor was without parallel -"sensational", in the view of renowned test pilot Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown. It was used to attack the massed Allied bomber formations, launched when they were in sight and making a full-power almost vertical climb to intercept from above at 40,000ft, then diving away at high speed, usually after exhausting the mere 4min-worth of fuel, but sometimes making another zoom attack.