Walter Dornberger

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Walter Dornberger was a German military officer and engineer who led Nazi Germany’s V-2 rocket program and later worked in the United States on aerospace and missile development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military officer
aerospace engineer
human
rocket engineer
associatedWith Bell X-1 program
Nazi Germany
United States aerospace industry
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Germany
employer Bell Aircraft
Bell Aircraft Corporation
German Army Weapons Office
Nazi Germany
United States
familyName Dornberger
fieldOfWork aerospace engineering
missile development
rocketry
gender male
givenName Walter
hasEthicalControversy involvement in Nazi weapons program
languageOfWorkOrName German
laterWork U.S. aerospace development
U.S. missile development
militaryBranch German Army
Wehrmacht
name Walter Dornberger
notableFor contributions to early ballistic missile technology
transition from German military rocketry to U.S. aerospace work
notableProject Aggregat rocket series
V-2 rocket
notableRole leader of Nazi Germany’s V-2 rocket development
notableWork V-2 rocket program
occupation aerospace consultant
engineer
military officer
positionHeld head of Nazi Germany V-2 rocket program
military commander of Peenemünde Army Research Center
workLocation Germany
Peenemünde
United States

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