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Originally Posted by Tim O.
Bill
If you look at pages 7a and 7b of Werner Petersen's Flugbuch, copies of which I sent you some time ago, you will see reference to the use of this rocket assisted take-off device on a Heinkel He 111 on 30th October 1940. The Germans were using this technology surprisingly early in the war.
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Germans also tried whinches for launching He 111īs at Rechlin.
And they also tried RATO on takeoff for long distance attempt on He 116 D-ARFD in July 1939.
German Secret Flight Test Centres to 1945, P. 190.