Kurt Wahmke
Kurt Karl Georg Wahmke (March 2, 1904 , † July 16, 1934 in Kummersdorf-Gut ) was a German rocket pioneer.
Kurt Wahmke did his doctorate in Erich Schumann's laboratory . The title of his dissertation was Investigations into the outflow of gases through cylindrical nozzles (secret commando matter) , the work was accepted by Schumann and Arthur Wehnelt in 1933 .
From 1932, a Wehrmacht research group headed by Walter Dornberger developed the liquid-fuel rockets of the types A1 , A2 and A3 . At the beginning of 1933 Wahmke came to the team around Wernher von Braun , Walter JH Riedel , Heinrich Grünow and Walter Dornberger in Kummersdorf-Gut . A test center for liquid rockets had been set up there by the Army Weapons Office of the Reichswehr . On July 16, 1934, Wahmke and two technicians were killed in the explosion of a rocket engine operated with a 90% hydrogen peroxide- alcohol mixture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ death certificate
- ^ Rainer Karlsch: For and against "Hitler's bomb": Studies on atomic research in Germany, Waxmann Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1893-6 , p. 247, footnote 58
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| SURNAME | Wahmke, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missile designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1934 |
| Place of death | Kummersdorf estate |