ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139400
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Date: | Thursday 1 March 1945 |
Time: | Day |
Type: | Bachem Ba 349 Natter |
Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
Registration: | M23 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 km from Lager Heuberg, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Truppenubungplatz Heuberg |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:This was the first test flight of the rocket-powered Bachem Natter vertically launched bomber interceptor.
At a height of about 1,600 feet the aircraft's cockpit canopy became detached, probably owing to improper latching, and the Natter nosed over from about 5,000 feet and dived into the ground.
The volunteer test pilot Oberleutnant Lothar Seiber (22) was killed.
This flight was history's very first manned vertical rocket launch.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_%281945%E2%80%931949%29 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Oct-2011 16:06 |
angels one five |
Added |
21-Oct-2011 16:08 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
25-Jul-2013 18:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
28-Nov-2018 10:38 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location] |
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