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Walter Dornberger
1895-09-06 – 1980-06-27
Life & Legacy
Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger (6 September 1895 – 26 June 1980) was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre. After the war, the US Nazi scientist recruitment programme Operation Paperclip saw him move to the US, largely avoiding punishment for involvement in war crimes, to work for some decades in high positions in aerospace, including for Bell Aircraft and Boeing.
Occupation & Career
physicist, military personnel, military flight engineer, inventor, military officer, engineer, soldier, major general
Education
Technische Universität Berlin
Legacy Highlights
Education & Institutions
Technische Universität Berlin
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q60546 — wikidata View source
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