One of the few that saw action was the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only rocket-powered fighter to enter operational service. The stubby rocket planes were blindingly fast by the standards of ...

Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me 163 had an amazing ... and October of 1941, the Komet, fitted with Walter ...

The Nazi’s ME 163 Komet was a high-speed interceptor designed to stop Allied bombers. But with limited fuel and a landing ...

Therefore, the Nazi German Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket plane arguably takes the cake as the most fratricidal fighter plane of all time. The Me 163 Komet made her maiden flight ...