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Rocket secrets sent on picture postcards by Lippisch
Dr. Alexander M. Lippisch, a leading aeronautical engineer and Nazi era figure, lived in Cedar Rapids for 26 years before dying February 11, 1976. The article recounts his tailless delta design Me 163 and how he secretly transmitted documents on postcard fronts to avoid British spies. It covers his move from Darmstadt to Augsburg in 1939, tensions with Messerschmitt, and key figures like Heini Dittmar and Ernst Udet.
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Alexander M. Lippisch
Nazi Germany
Cedar Rapids
Alexander Lippisch
Germany
Lippisch
Adolph Hitler
Luftwaffe
Wasserkuppe
Fulda
Darmstadt
Deutsches Forschungsinstitut Fuer
Hellmuth Walter
Alex
Alps
Augsburg
Messerschmitt
Air Ministry
Walter
Fritz von Opel
von Qoel
Ernst Sielaff
Sielaff
Rudolf Opitz
Stratford, Conn
Opitz
Messerchmitt
George
Vienna
Austria
Poland
Werner von Braun
Munich