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English: Magnus von Braun, two U.S. soldiers, Walter Dornberger, Herbert Axter, Wernher von Braun, Hans Lindenberg, and Bernhard Tessmann after surrendering to the Allies in 1945

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  • German rocketeers after they surrendered to the U.S. troops in Bavaria. Left to right: Major General Walter Dornberger, Commander of the Army Peenemünde Center; Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Axter, a former Berlin patent lawyer and chief of the military staff at Peenemünde; Wernher von Braun (von Braun broke his arm in a car accident in March when his driver fell asleep at the wheel and the car crashed); and Hans Lindenberg, a combustion chamber specialist in Peenemünde and later in the Mittelwerk. Photo by Technician Fifth Class Louis Wintraub, U.S. Army, Austria, 3 May 1945. Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.[1]
  • Major General Walter Dornberger (left), commander of the Peenemünde missile base, with Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Axster, Wernher von Braun (with sling), and Hans Lindenberg after they surrendered to U.S. Seventh Army troops May 3, 1945.[2]
  • General Dornberger (left) and Wernher von Braun, arm in cast from an auto accident, after surrendering to American forces in 1945.[3]
  • Dornberger (on left) and von Braun (with cast) on May 3, 1945, at Reutte, in the Austrian Tyrol, shortly after they were taken by the units of the 44th Infantry Division, U. S. Seventh Army.[4]

Smithsonian Institute Negative #77-11215 (similar, but with Stewart at left edge)

  • Dr Wernher von Braun, then aged 33, suffering from an arm broken in a car accident, centre, 'surrenders' with his rocket team to the Americans at Reutte in May 1945.(NASA) The Moonlandings, An Eyewitness Account; Reginald Turnill (pdf)
  • In May 1945, many engineers and scientists who had worked at Peenemünde surrendered to American forces operating near Reutte, Austria. Shown here are (left to right) Charles L. Stewart, U.S. Counterintelligence Corps; Lt. Col. Herbert Axter, a member of Gen. Dornberger's staff; Dieter K. Huzel; Wernher von Braun (whose arm is in a cast after a car accident several months earlier); Magnus von Braun; and Hans Lindberg (S.I. Negative #77-11215)[5]
  • Reutte, Austria, April 1945. Left to right: Charles L. Stewart, Herbert Axster, Dieter Huzel, Wernher von Braun, Hans Lindenmayr.[6]
  • Dr. Wernher von Braun surrenders to U.S. Army Counterintelligence persornel of the 44th Infantry Division in Ruette, Bavaria on May 2, 1945. Left to right are Charles Stewart, CIC agent; Dr. Herbert Axster; Dieter Huzel; Dr. von Braun (arm in cast); Magnus von Braun (brother); and Hans Lindenberg.[2]
  • Von Braun (with arm in cast) surrenders to the Americans at Reutte, in May 1945. Left to right are Charles L. Stewart, U.S. counter-intelligence agent; Lt. Col Herbert Axter, attached to Gen. Dornberger's staff; Dieter K Huzel; Wernher von Braun; Magnus von Braun; and Hans Lindenberg.[7]
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3 May 1945
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T5C. LOUIS WEINTRAUB
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[edit] References and Notes

  1. ↑ Gruntman, Mike. Blazing The Trail: The Early History Of Spacecraft And Rocketry, p156.
  2. ↑ Hunt, Linda (1991). Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945 to 1990, p148c, New York: St.Martin's Press. NOTE: Hans Lindenberg was an engineer at Mittlewerk.(p29)
  3. ↑ Johnson, David [1981] (1981/1982). V-1, V-2: Hitler’s Vengeance on London, p193, Ney York: Stein and Day.
  4. ↑ McGovern, J (1964). Crossbow and Overcast, p120d, New York: W. Morrow.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Gregory P. (1983). Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Guided Missile, p55, Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  6. ↑ Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team, p78a, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. NOTE: Instead of Lindenberg, Ordway & Sharpe have used the surname of a different Peenemünde worker, Hans Lindenmayr.
  7. ↑ Huzel, Dieter K (1962). Peenemünde to Canaveral. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall. NOTE: After arriving in the third rocket group which left Fort Strong for El Paso on January 10, 1946,(Ordway p358) Hans Lindenberg unexpectedly died in Feb 1946[1] from an ailment neglected during the War and is buried at Fort Bliss. Huzel was in the fourth group that was informed of the death when they arrived at Fort Hunt VA , from which they departed for El Paso on February 21, 1946.(Huzel pg 210, 214) The fourth group was escorted by U.S. First Lieutenant Enno Hobbing and included scientists slated for Army Air Corps duty at Wright Field such as Dr. Alexander Lippisch, designer of the Me163 jet fighter, and Dr. T. W. Knacke, a pioneer in the design of parachutes.(Ordway p358)

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