Thread: Me 163 crash on 22 January 1945
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Old 22nd January 2013, 19:52
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Re: Me 163 crash on 22 January 1945
Laurent. The Me 163 V30 was a B-0 machine. There is very little that can be added on the accident other than it occurred at Brandis and that it was put down to pilot error on landing. The Monatsbericht for Ekdo 16 for January 1945 merely reports: Am 22.1.45 ging V30 Fuehrungsfehler bei der Landung 75% zu Bruch. Beyond this and the NVM I've never seen another document covering this incident.

If you're looking for a reference work on the Me 163, then I'd recommend the two volumes put out by Classic 'Me 163 Rocket Interceptor' jointly authored by Stephen Ransom and Hans-Hermann Camman. Also well worth reading is 'Top Secret Bird' by Wolfgang Spaete which has a very readable text.
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