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English: Underneath Kohnstein Mountain, about 250 [V-2] missiles were found in various stages of completion on the Mittelwerk assembly line (S.I. Negative #75-15871).[1]

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  • An A-4 at the "Central Works" in Niedersachswerfen after the Americans arrived on July[sic] 3, 1945[2]
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US Army signal corps.
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Public domain This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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A closer image and without the soldier:

  • An A4 propulsion unit shown on dolly inside the underground assembly facility at Niedersachswerfen near Nordhausen, Germany.[3]
  • the A-4 rocket's combustion chamber. This photo was taken at the Central Works factory at Nordhausen, which was built underneath the Harz Mountains.[4]

[edit] References and Notes

  1. ↑ Kennedy, Gregory P. (1983). Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Guided Missile. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. NOTE: The image in Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Guided Missile has the rocket nozzle to the right.
  2. ↑ Engelmann, Joachim [1985] (1990). V2 Dawn of the Rocket Age (in translated from German (V2 Aufbruch zur Raumfahrt) by Dr Edward Force), p32, Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. NOTE: The Americans arrived in May, not July, 1945.
  3. ↑ Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team, p78e, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.
  4. ↑ Johnson, David (1981/1982). V-1, V-2: Hitler’s Vengeance on London, p129, Stein and Day.

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