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    The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in...
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  • Bachem may refer to: the Bachem Ba 349 Natter, a German rocket-powered interceptor prototype Bachem Holding, a Swiss company Erich Bachem, German engineer...
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  • areas of Germany. Several launchpads were also constructed for the Bachem Ba 349 (also known as Natter), developed in 1944/45. From Test stand VII, the...
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    rocket plane Bachem Ba 349 Natter. The only manned test flight on 1 March 1945 ended with pilot Lothar Sieber being killed. In 1947/48 Erich Bachem left Germany...
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    vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter". Before he became a test pilot for Bachem, he piloted an Arado Ar 232 in highly risky...
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    bipropellant rocket engine that powered the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and Bachem Ba 349 aircraft. It was produced by Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft (HWK)...
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    a role. During the second world war, Germany experimented with the Bachem Ba 349, but due to them losing the war, development was cut short. According...
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  • captured from Czechoslovakia and used as trainer and night fighter Bachem Ba 349 Natter ('Snake'), rocket interceptor Bloch MB.155 captured from France...
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  • 1 March 1945 and crashed, killing its pilot, Lothar Sieber, in the Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" rocket. 1910 XIV Armeekorps of the German Imperial Army establishes...
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    Schmidding SG 34 (category Bachem aircraft)
    motor. Four SG 34s were used on the Bachem Ba 349 Natter to provide extra thrust for launching. The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was originally designed with...
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