The Me 163 Komet is the only rocket-powered fighter to ever enter operational service. The short-range German interceptor was the fastest and one of the most radical aircraft of World War II. Despite its record-setting speed, the fighters were in as much danger of blowing up from their volatile engine fuel as they were of being shot down by Allied fire. Their rocket propellant mixture was so flammable that the aircraft sometimes combusted out of thin air. And regardless of several state-of-the-a

The Me 163 Komet was the only rocket fighter of WWII. Once its fuels mixed there was no stopping it, and a leak meant explosion or fire. Even if a pilot got airborne, landing on a skid at higher speeds than most wartime aircraft made survival a gamble. But did it actually bring down Allied planes? #aviationlovers #aviationhistory #worldwar2aviation | AvPay.aero

World’s First Rocket Powered Fighter Aircraft - the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. #aviationlovers #aviationdaily #aircraft #history #historylovers | AvPay.aero

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet - a rocket powered point interceptor with a max speed around 700 mph, making it the fastest aircraft of the Second World War #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #komet #luftwaffe | Daniel J Wheatcroft