On Jul 5, 12:12?am, Scott Lowther
wrote:
Fourth one in: http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/drawndocspace.htm

A giant compilation of reports (763 pages), translations and interviews
with the German rocket scientists while under detention by the US Army
in Garmish, Germany, circa 1945-1946.This covered virtually everty
aspect of work at Peenemunde, from the design of the A-4 and the A-9
(including the closest I've been able to find to source documentation
describing a manned A-9) to instrumentation, cannon shell designs and
even mortar rounds.

I've been sitting on this for more than a decade. Finally decided to
scan it in and make it available. I'm surprised I've not seen it
available before... it's a historically important compilation. Shows
both what the Germans were working on, *and* it shows what the US Army
had access to in the days right after the war.

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The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake. - H.L. Mencken

Doesn't seem all that impressive Scott. Wind tunnels, missiles,
projectiles, motors, EMW, and a bunch of interviews with the big
names.

Where is Heinrich Fleissner, BTW, and his work? Seems to be missing.

Also you are misleading people into thinking that a compilation from
45-46 automatically is authoritative. Any classified material at
Peenemunde would not be included in that compilation and you know it.
The Intel guys would have removed sensitive material immediately and
also would have held seperate "special" interrogations.

The recent revelation of special Allied interrogator groups like
P.O.Box 1142 make that compilation incomplete.

You also falsely assume that the interrogations revealed everything.
Not so. It just reveals what was not instantly classified and what
information the Germans wanted to provide to keep a noose from around
their neck.

Some of the work intended for Peenemunde was also diverted near the
end of the war. Peenemunde worked on the V-1 thru V-3 (the shells).
But the Henschel V-4 design work was performed with a Zuse S-computer
at a company factory while assembly of prototypes were completed at
Misdroy instead of Peenemunde due to the war situation. Launch ramps
aimed North against Sweden were constructed there as well in 1945.

Furthermore, it is fairly safe to assume that once the Soviets got
Peenemunde that the mysterious "Ghost Rockets" seen over Scandinavia
came from there- secret weapons that were resumed and ones not listed
in that compilation. At least some of those silver streaks in the sky
had to be the longer range V-4s (mistaken in many accounts as probable
extended range V-1s). Not really possible in the short timeframe due
to a complete redesign of the missile for added fuel and more powerful
engine and refined aerodynamics. V-4 was already suited for the job.

Rob