From the ground to the skies once more - watch as the Komet “takes flight” inside the Memorial’s new Anzac Hall. 🛩️ We recently welcomed the rare Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1a Komet rocket fighter back to the Australian War Memorial. Captured at Husum, Germany, in May 1945, this remarkable aircraft helps tell the story of the deadly threats faced by the 10,000 Australians who served with Bomber Command in the skies over Nazi-occupied Europe. This timelapse reveals the precision and teamwork require

World’s First Rocket Powered Fighter Aircraft - the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. #aviationlovers #aviationdaily #aircraft #history #historylovers | AvPay.aero

This WW2 Fighter Jet Is Nuts🤯‼️ ▫️The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me 163 can be traced back to 1937 and the work of the German aeronautical engineer Alexand