Operation Paper Clip 3 Nazi rocket scientists kidnapped
Washington dispatch recounts the postwar effort to seize German scientists and rocket data. Dr. Richard W. Porter of General Electric led a fast German scientists roundup from Nordhausen, transporting them by boxcar to Kassel. Rockets and Dornberger documents were carried back to the United States, with wind tunnel specialists later found in Kochel.
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Hitler
Third Reich
United States
Fletcher Knebel
Washington
Nazi Germany
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Nordhausen
Richard W. Porter
General Electric Co
Porter
Kassel
Walter Dornberger
Peenemunde
America
Eng- Tan
Dornberger
Kochel
Alp
Munich
Singélman
Moscow
Singelmans
Berlin
Postwar German Rocket Scientists Transferred to U S Forces
In August 1943 Peenemunde suffered air raids but wind tunnel work continued. German scientists like Kurzweg, Singelman, Gievers, and Franz were secretly moved by American and Allied forces to new postings in the United States, aiding postwar missile and aviation programs. Syria’s parliament honors Shukri Kuwaily and Gamal Abdel Nasser for unity efforts in the United Arab Republic.
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Peesemunde
Kochel
Dornberger
Wernher von Braun
Atlantic
New York City
Hermann H. Kurzweg
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
White Oak
Chuckles Kurzweg
Dietrick Singelman
Bayerische Motorenwerke
Berlin
Mrs. Singleman
Moscow
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
United Arab Republic
Shukri Kuwaily
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Reelected Bavarian director and two engineers head to America
Bavarian Dr Edward Fischel the director was reelected by inter rogator Dr Porter of General Electric. At the Leuna rocket fuel plant near Leipzig an army engine engineer met Alfred H. Henning a fuel corrosion specialist. Both agreed to come to America. Fischer now leads navigation instrument work at Kearfot Co Clifton N J. Henning does plastic research at General Tire Rubber Co Akron Ohio.
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Singelman
Frankfort
United States
Bell Aircraft Corp
John G. Gievers
Berlin
Gievers
Sebnitz
Germany
England
Chrysler Corp
Elbe
Anselm Franz
Junkers Aircraft
Dessau
Mulde
Junkers
Franz
Lycoming
Avco Mfg. Co
Stratford
Bavaria
Edward Fischel
Ree
Porter
General Electric
Leuna
Leipzig
Alfred H. Henning
America
Fischer
Kearfot Co
Clifton, N. J
Benning
General Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
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Charleston, W
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Corriet and
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Wo Wo
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Stete Atw
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Bully Boy
Saiuks
The
Charleston Gazette
Comfort
U.S
Dickins
Channel 8
Mom
Nome
Herven
Permaglas Iris
Lonzer Guarantee
McComas Plumbing & Heating
Jewett ST
ST. Albans
the Gazette
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Gatte
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