Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) SIG1168 It had secured a frightening

It had secured a frightening amount of weaponry

now fully equipped with the A-26

Squadron Leader Ian Smith

flown by gallant pilots

Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) SIG1168 It had secured a frighteningNT0263B. Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. It required more than a little nerve to fly a fighter into the barrage of fire sprayed out by the gunners of a box of B17 bombers; it took even greater courage to do so in the rocket propelled Me163 Komet. With rocket science still in its infancy, these small aircraft were still in the experimental stage, and piloting what amounted to a flying bomb was in itself a perilous business, let alone flying them