Me 163 references

The cover of the 1961 first edition of Mano Ziegler's book 'Raketenjäger Me 163'.

Picture found on Ebay

Cover scan of the 1996 issue. Don't let the cover drawing confuse you that the all-red one looked like this. The tail code 'White 21' and the Jägerfaust vertical launching tubes are spurious details. The launch tubes are most likely wrongly located, right where the C-Stoff tanks should be.

The German version lacks chapter numbers and titles. This is inconvenient, since they chapters are not listed chronologically. This the numbers and titles from the English translation:

1. Test-Commando 16
2. Practical Training Begins
3. A "Sharp" Start
4. The "Powered Egg" Arrives
5. Our First Casualty
6. Spate's Narrow Escape
7. A Pleasant Interlude
8. Jupp's "Birthday"
9. "Ski Hail!"
10. Tragedy at Rechlin
11. The First Komet Squadrons
12. Herbert's Number Comes Up
13. A Visit to Venlo
14. Production Flight Testing
15. Revolutionary Armament
16. Our Numbers Dwindle
17. The End Draws Near
18. Volunteers for Suicide
19. And So Dies JG 400

Some remarks: chapters 4 and 5 should switched, and Pohs did not die in a Me 163B, but in a Me 163A.