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Walter Dornberger

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German general (1895-1980)

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Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre.

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Dornberger (left) with Wernher von Braun (in civilian clothes) in Peenemünde, February 1941Dornberger (left) with Wernher von Braun (in civilian clothes) in Peenemünde, February 1941Dornberger (on the left, with hat) together with von Braun, after their surrender to Allies in Austria, May 1945Dornberger (on the left, with hat) together with von Braun, after their surrender to Allies in Austria, May 1945

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Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre. After the war, the US Nazi scientist recruitment programme Operation Paperclip saw him move to the US, largely avoiding punishment for involvement in war crimes, to work for some decades in high positions in aerospace, including for Bell Aircraft and Boeing.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1895 to 1980 · aged 84
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