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One of five V-series Me-163 test aircraft makes a low-level powered flight at the Peenemünde-West field near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. (National Archives)
One of five V-series Me-163 test aircraft makes a low-level powered flight at the Peenemünde-West field near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. (National Archives)