The first prototype, the Me 163A V1 was completed during the winter of 1940-41, tested with gliding trials in the spring of 1941. The Me 163 would be towed aloft, using the Messerschmitt Bf-110 ...
The Me-163 Komet was one of Nazi Germany’s most radical aircraft - a rocket-powered interceptor designed to destroy Allied bombers at lightning speed. But in actual combat, did it live up to the ...