WWII - 1940s, Germany: Flight Test, German ME-163 Komet Rocket Powered Aircraft

WWII - 1940s, Germany: Flight Test, German ME-163 Komet Rocket Powered Aircraft 01:00:12 Title: Geheime Kommandosache. 01:00:15 MS Small German rocket powered fighter aircraft Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet on concrete tarmac turned by mechanic using dolly. 01:00:23 LS across grassy field, taking off r. to l. w/ large contrail & dropping ?? and climbing out of sight. 01:00:50 MLS from ground; MS air to air of plane in flight & climbing past camera plane. 01;01:04 Me-163 approaching & landing on belly on grassy field past camera panning to distant hanger. 01:01:22 Second plane takes off closer, l. to r., & climbs steadily under full rocket power. 01;01:48 MS Civilian engineers & military officers on field looking up watching; LS plane doing climb. 01;01:57 Air to air of Me-163 approaching & alongside camera plane. 01:02:08 Low landing approach; CU landing r. to l. 01:02:27 MCU of unid. pilot in Komet cockpit w/ raised cover talking to four men. 01:02:35 Men open hanger & Komet wheeled inside. 01:02:55 Aerial of ?? chased in flight, tracers & hit from behind; smoking. WW2; Jet Aircraft; Experimental Aviation; 1940s Aviation History; NOTE: First flight was 01Sepr41. Introduced in 1944.