39. RLM/LC II reports, 18.2.37 and 1.3.37, on monthly meetings with Wa Prw D, and Pauls/RLM/LC II to WvB, 11.3.37, in NASM, FE746; Warsitz quoted in Ward, Wernher von Braun , 7–9.
40. Pauls, WvB, Künzel, and Warsitz report, 3.6.37, and LC II 2e report, 7.6.37, in NASM, FE746; WD, V-2 , 125.
41. Ordnance–RLM and Ordnance–Heinkel correspondence, 1937–39, in NASM, FE746, especially Dellmeier report, 2.8.38; WvB to von Horstig, 23.11.35, in NASM, FE727/a; Heinkel, Stürmisches Leben , 456–64.
42. Stegmaier Starthilfe report, 3.2.42, NASM, FE692/e.
43. Marinewaffenamt document, 23.9.35, Kruse/RLM to von Horstig, 23.12.35, and Wa Prw 11 to von Horstig, 27.3.36, in NASM, FE724/b; Heinkel, Stürmisches Leben , 458–64.
44. Walter, “Development” in Benecke and Quick, eds., History , 263–80; Antz/RLM/LC 7III report, 14.10.38, in BA/MA, RL3/780; Schabel, “Wunderwaffen?” 183–84, 198; Stegmaier Starthilfe report, 3.2.42, NASM, FE692/e.
45. Gartmann, Men , 99–102; Sänger-Bredt, “Silver Bird,” 203–6; Ordnance corr. on Sänger, 16.10.34–9.2.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1225; Sänger files, BDC.
46. Gartmann, Men , 103–6; Sänger-Bredt, “Silver Bird,” 206–11; Sänger-Bredt and Engel, “Development,” 237–44.
47. Rudolph OHI, 33–39; WvB to WD, 200). 10.37, and WD “Notizen” for 3.11.37 meeting, 28.10.37, in NASM, FE348.
48. WD “Notizen” for 3.11. meeting, 28.10.37, in NASM, FE348; Becker orders, 11.7.38 and 15.11.38, in NA, T-77/797/5528609–12; WvB to RLM/LC II 2 e, 5.2.38, in NASM, FE746; “Abteilungsfest Wa Prüf 11,” 16–17.7.38, in SRCH, WvB Papers; Zanssen biographical information courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Zanssen.
49. Riedel, “Raketenentwicklung,” 24–25, 28, IWM, German Misc. 148; WvB, “Das Aggregat III,” 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120).
50. WvB to von Horstig, 23.11.35, in NASM, FE727/a; Ordnance corr. with metalworking firms, 13.4.35–15.7.36, in NASM, FE744; IG Farben Bitterfeld to Kummersdorf, 23.11.36, and Zarges to Kummersdorf, 21.1.37, in NASM, FE752; WD to W Preispr.-Heer, 11.11.38, in NASM, FE745; Reisig, “Das kongeniale Vermächtnis,” 106; Reisig OHI, 1989, 59–60; Rudolph OHI, 30–31.
51. Gievers, “Erinnerungen,” 264–65; WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 14, SRCH, WvB Papers; WvB to KG, 11.7.34, in NASM, FE74/b; WD, WvB, Altvater, and (?), minutes of 9.11.37 meeting at Siemens, in NASM, FE119; Mackenzie, Inventing , 45–46.
52. WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 14, SRCH, WvB Papers; WvB draft contract documents for KG, 10.10.34, in NASM, FE74/b; Gievers, “Erinnerungen,” 280–81.
53. WvB A-3 progress report, 28.4.36, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; KG description of A-3 guidance system, 11.36, NASM, FE23/a; WvB, “Das Aggregat III,” 28–38, 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120); Mueller OHI, 13–18.
54. Patent, 1.5.36, on A-3 design, NASM, FE190; Ordnance, KG, Deutsche Glühfadenfabrik corr. and documents, 23.10.36–12.4.37; Goddard, “Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development.”
55. WvB to Lorenz/RLM, 3.11.35, in NASM, FE746; Ordnance–TH Aachen correspondence, 15.1.36–19.1.37, in NASM, FE727/a; WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 18, SRCH, WvB Papers; WvB, “Das Aggregat III,” 24–27, 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120).
56. WvB to Bassenge/RLM/LC II, 1.11.35, in NASM, FE746; WvB, “Das Aggregat III,” 4 and 42–45, 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120).
57. WD, V-2 , 42–44; WvB report on A-3 launches, 15.1.38, in NASM, FE747; “Operation Leuchtfeuer” documents, 1937, in NASM, FE367; Reisig OHI, 1989, 10–12.
58. WD, V-2 , 44; WvB report on A-3 launches, 15.1.38, in NASM, FE747.
59. WD, V-2 , 54–56; WvB A-3 launch summary, 7.38, appended as pages 57–69 of “Das Aggregat III,” 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120).
60. WvB A-3 launch summary, 7.38, appended as pages 57–69 of “Das Aggregat III,” 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120); WD Vortragsnotizen for Becker, 29.12.37, in NASM, FE367; WvB to Haas/KG, 17.12.37, in NASM, FE74/b.
61. WvB A-3 launch summary, 7.38, appended as pages 57–69 of “Das Aggregat III,” 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120); Ordnance–KG meetings, 10.1., 15.1., 20.1.38, in NASM, FE119; Mueller OHI, 13–24.
62. Mueller OHI, 13–24; WvB report on A-2 launches, 28.1.35, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1945; WD Vortragsnotizen for Becker, 29.12.37, in NASM, FE367; WD, V-2 , 56.
3. Breakthrough in Key Technologies
1. “Werdegang… des Professors Dr. von Braun,” anonymous typescript, late 1943, in NASM, FE341.
2. Thiel, “Empirische und theoretische Grundlagen zur Neuberechnung von Öfen und Versuchsdaten,” c. 7.37, DM, GD634.190.8; Reisig, “Peenemünder Aggregaten’,” 44–46. This chapter is greatly influenced by Reisig’s article and my 1989 oral history interview with him.
3. WD, V-2 , 50, 53, 149, 151; Minutes of meeting of Navy, Wa Prw.11, Walter, Electrochem. Werke München, and the CTR, 16.10.35, in NASM, FE724/b; WvB to Schumann, 31.1.36, in NASM, FE752; Wa Prw.11 (Thiel) to WD, 28.2.36, in NASM, FE727/a; Thiel–Seifert report on Seifert dissertation, 8.2.37, NASM, FE403.
4. Thiel to WD, 12.2.37, in NASM, FE746; Thiel(?), “Forschungsarbeiten über Materialfragen,” etc., 8.4.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; Thiel to WD, Kummersdorf and Peenemünde, 1.10.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1352; WvB to Busemann, 4.4.35, in NASM, FE727/a; WvB to Vogelpohl, 4.6.35, and Thiel to Hase/TH Hannover, 11.12.36, in NASM, FE727/c; Ordnance documents on Hase, 6.8.37–29.10.38, in NASM, FE737; WD, “German V-2,” 403.
5. WD, V-2 , 51; Thiel to WD, 12.2.37, in NASM, FE746; Thiel, “Empirische und theoretische Grundlagen,” c. 7.37, DM, GD634.190.8; Thiel to WD, 2.8.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1351; WvB, “Das Aggregat III,” 15, 29.11.37, DM, (FE1120); Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 44–46.
6. Thiel, “Empirische und theoretische Grundlagen,” c. 7.37, DM, GD634.190.8; Thiel to WD, 2.8.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1351; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 45–46.
7. Thiel, “Empirische und theoretische Grundlagen,” c. 7.37, DM, GD634.190.8; Thiel to WD, 2.8.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1351; Thiel to WD, Kummersdorf and Peenemünde, 1.10.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1352; Thiel to WD, 26.8.38, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1204; Casper minutes of meeting at Schmidding, with 25-ton engine drawings, 22.9.38, NASM, FE752; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 44–46.
8. Thiel, “Empirische und theoretische Grundlagen,” c. 7.37, DM, GD634.190.8; Thiel to WD, 2.8.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1351; Thiel to WD, Kummersdorf and Peenemünde, 1.10.37, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1352; Thiel to WD, 26.8.38, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1204; Thiel to WD, 16.1.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1205; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 46.
9. Thiel–Schluricke patent application, 7.1.39 (English trans., 12.2.46), RSIC, FE196; Thiel to WD, 16.1.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1203; Schubert chronicle, 27–29.4.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; WD to HVP and Kummersdorf, 3.10.39, in SRCH, Tschinkel Papers; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 45–46; WD, V-2 , 52; Dannenberg OHI, 18–21.
10. Thiel film-cooling memo, 2.10.39, in SRCH, Tschinkel Papers; Thiel to Zanssen, 15.7.42, in NASM, FE171; WD, V-2 , 52; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten,’ 46–47; Dannenberg OHI, 21–27.
11. Dannenberg OHI, 21–28.
12. Hackh–Schluricke tungsten-molybdenum vane reports, 28.3.38 and 9.4.38, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2”; Thiel to WD, 26.8.38, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1204; WD, V-2 , 58; WvB to von Horstig, 23.11.35, in NASM, FE727/a; M. Schilling, “The Development of the V-2 Rocket Engine,” in Benecke and Quick, History , 289–91; Winter, Rockets , 49; Reisig, “Peenemünder ‘Aggregaten’,” 47.
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