V-2: A Combat History of the First Ballistic Missile (Weapons in History) T. D. Dungan. After World War II, Dornberger, who had attained the rank of lieutenant general, spent two years in England as a prisoner, then emigrated to the United States in 1947, where he worked as an adviser on guided missiles for the United States Air Force. The trimmed moustache below the straight, well-shaped nose traced a dark line on his unhealthy, pale features. Walter Dornberger : biography 6 September 1895 – 27 June 1980 von Braun, after their surrender to Allies in Austria, May 1945 ]] Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger (6 September 1895 – 27 June 1980) was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World Wars I and II. [20] Other sources place them being arrested by Patton's Third Army on May 3, 1945 near Prague, Czechoslovakia.

At the predetermined second, at first with a faltering motion but then with the roar of an unleashed giant, the rocket rose slowly from its pad, seemed to stand upon its jet of flame for the fraction of a second, then vanished with a howl into the low clouds. He played a major role on the creation of the X-15 aircraft and was a key consultant for the X-20 Dyna-Soar project. 4.2 out of 5 stars 19. He was sent by the army in 1925 to the School of Technology in Charlottenberg; there Dornberger specialized in ballistics and earned an M.A. While at Charlottenberg he met a young student, Wernher von Braun, and fellow member of the German Society for Space Travel. Dornberger also took over his last military command on 1 October 1934 — a powder-rocket training battery at Königsbrück.

Dornberger was in charge of deploying the V-2s, and he directed the firing of roughly 3000 rockets at London, Amsterdam, and other urban areas during the war. The lips were colourless and very thin. Walter Robert Dornberger (1895 – 1980) was a German artillery officer and WW2 Major General, who was in charge of the manufacture and deployment of the Nazis’ V-2 rockets.

[1] In the late 1920s, Dornberger completed an engineering course with distinction at the Berlin Technical Institute,[2] and in the Spring of 1930,[3] Dornberger graduated after five years with an MS degree in mechanical engineering from the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg in Berlin. Walter Robert Dornberger, (born Sept. 6, 1895, Giessen, Ger.—died June 27, 1980, Baden-Württemberg, W.Ger. V-2 Walter Dornberger. However, only 1,100 reached their target. With the Red Army advancing on the Peenemunde Research Station, Wernher von Braun surrendered to the US Army. From 1950 to 1965 he worked for the Bell Aircraft Corporation where he worked on several projects, rising to the post of Vice-President. At an internment camp after the war known as "CSDIC Camp 11" the British bugged Dornberger, who in conversation with Generalmajor Gerhard Bassenge (GOC Air Defences, Tunis & Biserta) said that he and Wernher von Braun had realised in late 1944 that things were going wrong and consequently was in touch with the General Electric Corporation through the German Embassy in Portugal, with a view to coming to some arrangement.C.S.D.I.C Report Entitled G.R.G.G. 4.2 out of 5 stars 19. It was only at rare moments that, sitting with his elbows resting on the arms of the chair, he emphasised his words by tapping the tips of his fingers together. Dornberger also took over his last military command on 1 October 1934 — a powder-rocket training battery at Königsbrück. These rockets killed 2,724 people and badly injured 6,000. ; citations may be to German edition; http://books.google.com/books/about/The_birth_of_the_missile.html?id=owgNMSQVl_EC. Dornberger was born in Gießen and enlisted in 1914. In 1937 Dornberger was appointed military commander of rocket research station at Peenemunde. You know I was going to sign the decree for the tank program. In 1933, Waffenamt Prüfwesen (Wa Prüf, English: "Weapons Testing") 1/1, under the Heereswaffenamt (Army Weapons Department), commenced work under the direction of Colonel/Dr. From the artilleryman's point of view, the creation of the rocket as a weapon solves the problem of the weight of heavy guns. God help us if the enemy finds out about this business.". After the D-Day landings, Allied troops were on mainland Europe and they were able to capture the launch sites and by March, 1945, the attacks came to an end. With a broadening of his constant set smile, faintly mocking and sometimes contemptuous about the corners of the mouth, two rows of excellent white teeth appeared between the thin lips. On 12 January 1945 on Dornberger’s proposal, Albert Speer replaced the Long-Range Weapons Commission with "Working Staff Dornberger".