Did the Luftwaffe ever experiment with JATO?

[edwest]

One thing I dislike about the internet is the speculation. Or "Of course, it means this or that." Why not more research or simply writing, "Without further information, it's a mystery."?

Obviously, the RAF crews saw something and described it as best they could. These were not interpretations at all. And if the conclusion drawn was jets or something similar, why dismiss that? Poor detective work here.

8 February 1944, Rocket Phenomena. Report in AIR 14/2076.

"Reports by aircrews suggesting the use by the enemy of some form of anti-aircraft rocket projectile have been received many times during the past year, and with increasing frequency during recent months. Observations have often been characterized by a visible trace and many of the reports have referred to changes of course enabling the rocket to follow in the path of the aircraft under attack."

Since the RAF had no evidence of maneuverable rockets employed by the Germans, the reports were dismissed as something else.



Ed