Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet, c 1944.

Made:
circa 1944 in Germany
maker:
Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt

Messerschmitt ME. 163 Komet aircraft

Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet aircraft. The Komet was the first rocket propelled aircraft to be introduced in quantity and the first to be used in operational service. The first squadron was formed by the German Luftwaffe near Leipzig in 1944. The main task of the Komet equipped units was the defense of strategic targets and the interception of high flying Boeing Flying Fortresses of the US Air Force. The Komet took off under its own power on the wheeled undercarriage, which was jettisoned when the landing skid was retracted.

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
1958-103
type:
aircraft, aeroplanes, engines, military aircraft and fighters
credit:
Air Ministry (A.H.B. 1)

Parts

Wheel Assembly for Messerschmitt

Wheel Assembly for Messerschmitt

Wheel assembly for Messerschmitt ME 163 Komet Aircraft.

Measurements:
overall: 680 mm x 1150 mm x 700 mm,
Object Number:
1958-103 Pt2
type:
aircraft and spacecraft components
Nose cone ME 163

Nose cone ME 163

Nose cone ME 163

Object Number:
1958-103 Pt3
type:
nose cone
ME 163 Aircraft less engine and guns

ME 163 Aircraft less engine and guns

ME 163 Aircraft less engine and guns

Object Number:
1958-103 Pt4
type:
aircraft
Rocket Engine for ME 163 Fighter

Rocket Engine for ME 163 Fighter

German Walter Rocket Engine 1944 (from ME 163 fighter)

Object Number:
1958-103 Pt5
type:
engines
Instruments from the cockpit of ME 163 Aircraft

Instruments from the cockpit of ME 163 Aircraft

Various instruments from the cockpit of ME 163 Aircraft less engine and guns. [Note: Part created to record that the cockpit contains radioactive dials. These cannot be identified individually whilst the aircraft is suspended.]

Object Number:
1958-103 Pt6
type:
radioactive material