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The rocket-powered Komet was the fastest aircraft of the Second World War.
This aircraft was built in Nazi Germany by slave labour. It was assembled by the Junkers aircraft company from parts built by several manufacturers. You can find out more about the Komet here.
| Date: | 1945 |
| Mark: | Me 163B-1a |
| Crew: | 1 (pilot) |
| Top speed: | 596 mph (960 km/h) |
| Range: | 50 miles (80 km/h) |
| Weapons: | 2 x 30mm MK 108 cannons |
Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown photographed in September 2015 beside our Komet, the aircraft he flew in June 1945.
The Komet's small propeller is not designed to move it but to power equipment.
The cockpit of the Messerschmitt Komet.
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