Mano Ziegler

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Herman Eugen "Mano" Ziegler (born June 7, 1908 in Wyhlen , Baden; † October 1991, Isny im Allgäu ) was a German test pilot , journalist and writer .

Life

Me 163 B Comet , 1950 in Melbourne, Australia

Ziegler studied at the School of Physical Education in Berlin (DHFL), was 1932 World University Champion Diving and member of the German Olympic team from the 1936th

During the Second World War he was initially only used as a transfer pilot for fighter planes because of his "old age", but then volunteered for test command 16 .

In addition to Heini Dittmar , Rudolf Opitz and Wolfgang Späte , he was one of the test pilots and flyers of the Messerschmitt Me 163 , the rocket aircraft developed by Alexander Lippisch . The Me 163 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of 1000 km / h and thus reached the limit of the sound barrier . After the failure of the three Klemm factory pilots Voy, Perschall and Lamm, he and Sergeant Nelte were given their duties. He was soon one of the pilots with the most take-offs on the Me 163. After this time, he was entrusted with pilot training for the Jagdgeschwader 400 on the Udetfeld near Warthenau in 1944 .

Writing and journalistic activity

In 1936 Ziegler published his first novel. After the Second World War he worked as a journalist and writer. From 1957 to 1962 Ziegler was editor-in-chief of Flug Revue magazine .

Fonts

  • Attention slab. Sport-Roman, Verlag Das Bergland-Buch, 1936.
  • Silver cloud. Capriccio-Musikverlag, Berlin 1948.
  • Married ... but happy! (Illustrated by Lotte Peters) Self-published by Herman Ziegler, Isny ​​(Allgäu) 1955.
  • Me 163 missile fighter, factual report from one who survived. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1961, ISBN 3-87943-372-0 .
  • Fight for Mach 1. EHAPA-Verlag, 1965.
  • Turbine fighter Me 262 . The story of the world's first operational jet fighter. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-87943-542-1 .
  • Start Frei - Cleared for Take Off. (Co-author Albert Maier), Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1958.
  • Starfighter. Roman, Bechtle-Verlag, Esslingen 1975, ISBN 3-7628-0360-9 and ISBN 978-3-7628-0360-7 .
  • Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Das Kraftei). Verlag Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1977, ISBN 3-7909-0061-3 .
  • Allgäu. Compass hiking guide. The 100 most beautiful hikes. Circular walks. Distance hikes. Nature trails. German Wanderverlag Mair & Schnabel, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8134-0000-X .
  • Allgäu - Kompass hiking guide. Deutscher Wanderverlag, Stuttgart 1979, abridged new edition 1984/85.
  • Prof. Dr. Ing.Eh Willy Messerschmitt 75 years. Festschrift. Editor: Mano Ziegler, Munich-Ottobrunn, MBB 1973.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Authors in Baden-Württemberg , accessed on March 6, 2014
  2. ↑ Works by and about Mano Ziegler  in the German Digital Library , accessed on November 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Personal information (authors in Baden-Württemberg)
  4. ↑ Flame ride over the moor. In: Spiegel . February 19, 2001.
  5. ↑ Ransom, Stephen; Cammann, Hans-Hermann: Jagdgeschwader 400. 2010, Oxford, p. 114. In Google Books: [1]
personal data
SURNAME Ziegler, Mano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziegler, Herman Eugen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German test pilot and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Wyhlen , Baden
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century