The Peenemünde wind tunnels : a memoir / Peter P. Wegener.
The Peenemünde wind tunnels : a memoir / Peter P. Wegener.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.
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N623.45195/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 187 p., [46] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
In 1943, on orders from the German Air Ministry, young physicist Peter P. Wegener left the Russian front and reported to the Baltic village of Peenemunde. His assignment was to work at the supersonic wind tunnels of the rocket laboratories of the German Army. Here Wernher von Braun led a team that developed the V2, the world's first large rocket-po...
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The Peenemünde wind tunnels : a memoir / Peter P. Wegener.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
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c1996.
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N623.45195/1
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74VvZKpAALzy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZKpAALzy
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ISBN
0300063679 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300063677 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
623.451950943
MMS ID
991004565599702626
