Rocket ScientistBorn: | October 4, 1906, Germany |
Died: | January 19, 1955, Huntsville, AL |
Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL |
Notes:• German-American expert in guided missiles. (Fort Bliss, White Stands, Huntsville) - Gadsden Times
• Worked in the Structures and Mechanical Laboratory, Army Ballistic Missile Command - Gadsden Times
Related Links:• Gadsden Times - Gadsden Times - Jan 20, 1955. Article about his death.
• Woodard - Names of the "Original 118 Team" at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. List found here at Lunarpedia.org. Page under "Pioneers, Schemers and Dreamers" submitted by Grady Woodard. List shows names after Ft. Bliss with their reference work location and building number, from Redstone-Army Missile Command Roster - June 1966, MSFC 1960-1967 Charts, Organization Roster - June 1967
"Group of 104 German rocket scientists in 1946, including Wernher von Braun,[1] Ludwig Roth and Arthur Rudolph, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The group had been subdivided into two sections: a smaller one at White Sands Proving Grounds for test launches and the larger at Fort Bliss for research.[2] Many had worked to develop the V-2 Rocket at Peenemünde Germany and came to the U.S. after World War II, subsequently working on various rockets including the Explorer 1 Space rocket and the Saturn (rocket) at NASA." Image and caption from
Wikipedia.
"This is the key to identifying the Von Braun Team and his fellow German Rocket Experts before moving from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Huntsville, Alabama." Key from
history.msfc.nasa.gov.