Me 163 Komet – A Short History – Rarely in the ... However, a new issue arose with the Me 163B model, which was to cause endless problems and even result in catastrophic accidents.

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 ...

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 ...