The following list is an attempt at gathering all Me 163 references. Details were provided by Ruediger Landmann (Australia), Charles Metz (USA), Michael Schulpen (the Netherlands), Ludo Kloek (Belgium), Arnaldo Joao (Portugal), Bert Hartmann (Germany), Jan Kuzee (the Netherlands), Bob Chubb (USA) and Julian Herrero (Spain). Cover pictures can be seen for some of the references; more are slowly added. Don't let this list make you think I actually own all these books and magazines - I have only a small portion of them.
Me 163 books | ||||||
| Writer | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Forsyth | Me 163 vs Allied Heavy Bombers – Northern Europe 1944-45 | Osprey Publishing | 2024 | 978-1-4728-6185-6 | 80-page soft cover book. Illustrators Gareth Hector and Jim Laurier. Extensive review at Aeroscale by 'Harv' | |
| Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann | Me 163. Raketenjäger - Entwicklung - Technik - Einsatz | Motorbuch Verlag | 2023 | 3613045710 978-3613045712 | 480 pages. German translation of the 2021 Crécy Publishing book | |
| Marek Rys | The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet - Kagero Top Drawing 1173 | Kagero Publishing | 2022 | 9788366148857 | 1/32, 1/48 & 1/72 scale drawings, plus profile drawings. Polish and English texts. Review on the IPMS USA website. | |
| Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann | Me 163 Rocket Interceptor | Crécy Publishing | 2021 | 9781906537579 | Revised and updated combined edition of the two volumes published in 2002-2003. Hardback, 464 pages. | |
| Marek Rys & Krzysztof Wolowski | Single No. 14 - Messerschmitt Me 163B-1 Komet | Casemate Publishers | 2020 | 8365958767 978-8365958761 | 24 pages, paperback, contains black&white and color photos, scale drawings, color profiles. Review on the IPMS USA website. | |
| Krzysztof Wolowski | Spotlight on Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet | Mushroom Model Publications | 2019 | 9788365958471 | 44 pages, hard cover. Contains 40 color profiles. Review on the IPMS USA website. | |
| Richard Franks | The Me 163 Komet – A Detailed Guide to the Luftwaffe’s Rocket-Powered Interceptor | Valiant Wings Publishing | 2017 | 978-0-9935345-7-7 | 114 pages, softcover, A4 size. Reviewed by Brad Fallen at Hyperscale | |
| Stephen Ransom | Jagdgeschwader 400: Germany's Elite Rocket Fighters | Osprey | 2010 | 128 pages, softcover | ||
| Bartlomiej Belcarz & Robert Peczkowski | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet | Mushroom Model Publications | 2010 | 978-83-89450-51-7 | 160 pages, softcover, English language. Includes three-view line drawings in 1/72 and 1/48 scale, the former are printed on a removable fold-out sheet. No less than 35 color profiles, including of several captured aircraft. | |
| Borisov | Istrebitel Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet | Eksprint | 2008 | 48 pages, softcover | ||
| ? | Famous Airplanes of the World #123: Me163 | Bunrindo | 2007 | softback magazine type booklet, 112 pages | ||
| Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann | Me 163 Volume Two | Classic Publications | 2003 | hardback, 214 pages | ||
| Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann | Me 163 Volume One | Classic Publications | 2002 | hardback, 224 pages, approximately 450 photographs, plus colour profiles and scale drawings. Currently the best and most comprehensive Komet reference | ||
| Przemyslaw Skulski | Messerschmitt 163 Komet (Seria Pod Lupa 14) | ACE Publication | 2002 | none | 36 pages, Polish text, photo captions in English. 'Pod Lupa' means 'under magnifier'. Foreign distributor is AJAKS from Warsaw, cost about 10US$ | |
| ? | Messerschmitt 163 Komet - German rocket aircraft (38) | ?, Moscow | 2001 | 57 pages, Russian text. Approximately 87 black & white photos, 17 camouflage paint schemes including US, British, Russian and Japanese versions, 10 pages of drawings of DFS 94, DFS 194, DFS 40, Me 163A, Me 163B V6, Me 163B-0, Me 163B-1, Me 163S, Me 163C, Me 163D, Ju 248V1, J8M1 Shusui | ||
| Jens Nissen | Museumstücke im Detail: Messerschmitt Me 163 | VDM, Zweibrücken | 2000 | 3-925489-30-7 | 50 pages with photos of the Berlin-Gatow Komet 191904, including many detail photos | |
| Bartomiej Belcarz, Robert Peczkowski | Me 163 Komet (Aircraft monograph 7) | AJ Press, Poland | 1997 | 89-86208-62-7 | 72 pages, excellent book, English text | |
| Bartomiej Belcarz, Robert Peczkowski | Me 163 Komet (Monografie Lotnicze no. 35) | AJ Press, Poland | 1997 | ? | 72 pages, Polish text | |
| Nohara, Shiwaku | Messerschmitt Me 163 & Heinkel He 162 (Aero Detail No. 10) | Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. | 1994 | 4-499-22629-5 | ||
| M. Emmerling, J. Dressel | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Vol. 2) (Schiffer Military History No. 57) | Schiffer | 1992 | 0-88740-403-0 | Translation of German Waffen-Arsenal booklet | |
| Bartlomiej Belcarz | Samolot mysliwski Messerschmitt Me 163 B Komet | Wydawnictwo Bellona, Warsaw | 1990 | 83-11-07887-4 | 16 pages, full color, Polish text | |
| Mano Ziegler | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Vol. 1) (Schiffer Military History No. 20) | Schiffer | 1990 | 0-88740-232-1 | Translation of German Waffen-Arsenal booklet | |
| Wolfgang Späte | Top Secret Bird - The Luftwaffe's Me-163 Comet | Pictoral Histories Publishing Company | 1989 | 0-929521-08-0 | Translation (and possibly extension) of 1983 German original | |
| Wolfgang Späte | Top Secret Bird | Independent Books | .. | 1-872836-10-0 | Translation (and possibly extension) of 1983 German original | |
| M. Emmerling, J. Dressel | Raketenjäger Me 163 (Band 2) (Das Waffen-Arsenal Band 113) | Podzun-Pallas Verlag | 1988 | 3-7909-0338-8 | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Rocket Fighter | Bantam | 1984, 1989 | 0-553-24179-6 ? | Reissues of the translated 1961 German original. ISBN unsure, could apply to 1963 Doubleday issue. The paperback version is 188 pages | |
| Wolfgang Späte | Der Streng Geheime Vogel Me 163 | Verlag fur Wehrwissenschaften, Munchen | 1983 | 3-8219-0010-5 | 320 pages. Reissued by Nebel Verlag in 2003 with ISBN 3895551422 and possibly 336 instead of 320 pages. | |
| Jeffrey Ethell | Messerschmitt Komet - Entwicklung und Einsatz des ersten Raketenjägers | Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart | 1980 | 3-87943-444-1 | German version of 1978 US original | |
| Jeffrey Ethell | Komet - The Messerschmitt 163 | Ian Allan | 1978 | 0-7110-0827-2 | ||
| Jeffrey Ethell | Komet - The Messerschmitt 163 | Sky Books | 1978 | 0-89402-071-4 | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Das Waffen-Arsenal Band 32) | Podzun-Pallas Verlag | 1977 | 3-7909-0061-3 | In Action-like booklet | |
| Mano Ziegler | Rocket Fighter | Squadron/Signal, USA / Arms and Armour Press, UK | 1976 | 0-85368-161-9 | Another issue of the translated 1961 German original. This version has over 70 illustrations | |
| Wolfgang Späte, Bateson | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Aircraft Profile No. 225) | Profile Publications | 1971 | ? | 24 page booklet, with page numbers running from 49 to 72, likely because it was to be part of a bound volume. | |
| Edward Maloney, Uwe Feist | Messerschmitt 163 (Aero series 17) | Aero Publishers | 1968 | ? | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Straaljager Me 163 | Meulenhoff | 1965 | Dutch translation of 'Raketenjäger Me163' | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Rocket Fighter | Doubleday & Co, New York | 1963 | 0-553-24179-6 ? | Translation by Alexander Vanags of original 1961 German issue. ISBN unsure, could apply only to 1984 Bantam issue | |
| Mano Ziegler | Rocket Fighter | MacDonald and Co | 1963 | UK issue of the translated 1961 German original. | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Le Messerschmitt Diabolique | Editions France-Empire | 1961 | French translation of 'Raketenjäger Me163' by G. Levy | ||
| Mano Ziegler | Raketenjäger Me163 - Tatsachenbericht von einem der überlebte | Motorbuch Verlag / Motor Presse Verlag, Stuttgart | 1961-1996 | 3-87943-018-7 (1-5th issues) 3-87943-372-0 (6-12th issue) | Personal account of two years flying the Komet. Book version of articles appeared in Flug Revue magazine under the title 'Das Kraftei und ich' | |
| Hellmuth Walter | Report on rocket power plants based on T-substance (NACA TM-1170) | NACA | 1947 | Translation of 'Berichte über die R-Triebwerke auf Grondlage des T-Stoffes' from 1943. 38 pages. Available as a PDF from the NASA Technical Report Service | ||
| - | Ju 248 Baubeschreibung | Junkers, Dessau | 1944/45 | - | Factory description of the Ju 248 (formerly Me 263). A reprint is available from Peter Korrell Luftfahrtdokumente since August 2005. 52 pages in A4 size, with diagrams and drawings of the systems, general arrangement drawings and equipment list. | |
| - | Me 163B Flugzeug-Handbuch D.(Luft)T.2163B | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe | 1944 | - | Mechanics handbook, about 300 pages. Several reprints of this handbook are available, but they are usually not complete. An English reprint contains only 5 chapters. The reprint sold by Luftfahrt Archiv Hafner contained 8 chapters, later likely extended up to and including 9B-H1. Also available on CD-ROM from the same publisher. | |
| - | Me 163B Bedienungsvorschrift-FL L.Dv. T.2163B/Fl. | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe | 1944 | - | Pilot's manual. A reprint was issued by Aerokit from Prague in (then) Czechoslovakia in 1991 with ISBN 80-85296-11-Xm. Available on CD-ROM from Luftfahrt Archiv Hafner. | |
| - | Me 163B Schusswaffenanlage L.Dv. T.2163B/Wa. | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe | 1944 | - | Armaments manual. Available on CD-ROM from Luftfahrt Archiv Hafner. | |
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| Writer | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Remarks | |
| Jacek Pasieczny, Simon Schatz, Arkadiusz Wrobel | Last Hope of the Luftwaffe: Me 163, He 162, Me 262 (Mini Topcolors 37) | Kagero Productions | 2014 | 978-83-62878-71-0 | 18 page booklet with decal sheet containing 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale markings. Komet markings are for V53, WNr 16310062, White 9, 1./JG 400 at Brandis, August 1944, White 10, 1./JG 400 at Brandis, February 1945 and V52, WNr 16310061, Yellow 1, 7./JG 400 at Nordholz, April 1945. Review at Internet Modeler | |
| Manuel Thomas | HWK109-509 A1 Motor - Volume 1 | 48 German Aircraft Blueprint Archive | 2013 | - | 43 factory drawings of the HWK Walter rocket motor, digitally restored, bound in A4 format. | |
| Eric Brown | Wings of the Luftwaffe - Flying the captured German aircraft of world war II | Hikoki | 2010 | 978-1-902109-15-2 | Updated version of the 1978 issue, with several aircraft types, photographs of the captured aircraft and color profiles added. 272 pages, over 200 photos, profiles and sectional drawings. | |
| Eric Brown | Wings on My Sleeve | Phoenix | 2007 | 0753822091 | 296 page autobiography of UK test pilot Eric Brown. Contrary to his 1978 book 'Wings of the Luftwaffe' he now reports to have flow the Komet under power, most likely making him the only Allied pilot to do so. | |
| Joachim Hoehne, Randall Holden | Glory Refused... The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich | 2005 | Story of the son of WW1 ace Otto Hoehne and WW2 Luftwaffe Generalmajor, who joined JG400 Komet in 1944 at age 17, first for training at Udetfeld, then as an operational pilot. Soft cover, 170 pages, 45 photos. | |||
| Rodrigo Hernandez Cabos | Messerschmitt Me163 Komet & Me262 Schwalbe (Compendium Modelling Guide No. 25) | 2003 | 64 pages, 200 colour photos and drawings | |||
| Olaf Przybilski | Das Geheimnis der deutschen Raketen & Raketengetriebenen Fluggeräten (Spurensuche Band 10) | Podzun-Pallas | 2002 | 3790907634 | Contents: Raketenspuren, Näheres vom Aggregat 4, Das HWK 109-509 in Farbe, Blumen in einer Me163, Ein "Kirschkren" aus Holz. 128 pages, approx. 120 illustrations | |
| Manfred Griehl | German Rocket Planes (Luftwaffe at War - 14) | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal | 2000 | 1853674044 | 72 pages, 98 b&w illustrations | |
| David Myhra | Messerschmitt Me 263 (X-planes of the Third Reich series) | Schiffer Military History | 1999 | 0-7643-0909-9 | 70 pages | |
| Manfred Griehl | Jet Planes of the Third Reich - The Secret Projects (Volume One) | Monogram Aviation Publications, USA | 1998 | 0-91414-36-7 | 200 pages with 14 pages almost wholly devoted to the Me 163 and planned successors | |
| Carl-Fredrik Geust, G.F. Petrov | Red Stars Volume 2: German Aircraft in the Soviet Union | Apali, Finland | 1998 | 952-5026-06-X | Pictorial history of the Soviet AF, containing several pictures of Me 163s with red stars. English and Finnish text | |
| Mark Lazarevich Gallai | Nebo, kotoroe obediniaet | Russko-Baltiiskii informatsionnyi tsentr BLITS, Sankt-Peterburg | 1997 | ? | Reissue of the memoires of a Russian test pilot, with an account of testing the Komet. See also the 1978 German version | |
| Kenneth Merrick | German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945 Vol. 1 | Monogram Aviation Publications | 1996 | 0-914-144-41-3 | Me 163B colour and b&w pictures, cockpit, side panels, dolly, blue prints, guns, rocket, history, plus also also Me 163A-1, Me 163C-1 and Ju 248V1 | |
| Stephen Ransom | Zwischen Leipzig und der Mulde Flugplatz Brandis 1935-1945 | Stedinger Verlag, Lemwerder, Germany | 1996 | 3-927697-09-5 | Details of I/JG400 operations at Brandis | |
| William Hess | German Jets Versus the U.S. Army Air Force | Specialty Press, North Branch | 1996 | 0-933424-63-9 | A blow-by-blow account of every encounter that the author could document between USAAF pilots and Me163s, 262s, and Ar234s. | |
| Joachim Dressel, Manfred Griehl | Die deutschen Raketenflugzeuge 1935-1945 - Die Entwicklung einer umwälzenden Technik | Weltbild (or Bechtermünz) | 1995 | 3-89350-692-6 | 198 pages | |
| Botho Stüwe | Peenemünde-West - Die Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe für geheime Fernlenkwaffen und deren Entwicklungsgeschichte | Bechtle Verlag | 1995 | 3-7628-530-X | 850 pages of text about all aircraft and missiles tested at Peenemünde-West. 70 page chapter about the Me 163A and B | |
| Jeffrey Ethell & Alfred Price | World War II Fighting Jets | Airlife, Shrewsbury | 1994 | 1-85310-406-X | 30 pages on the Komet | |
| Carl-Fredrik Geust | Under the Red Star | Airlife, England | 1993 | 1-85310-395-0 | about the use of German a/c in Russia, with a chapter on the Me 163 | |
| ? | German Jets in W.W. II (Model Art Special Issue No. 48 or 348) | Model Art | 1990 | ? | Covers the Me 163, He 162 and Ar 234 in depth (almost identical to the Aero Detail books), plus limited coverage of all other jet engined types and designs (some 15). Has some unique pictures and nice detail drawings. | |
| Don Berliner | World War Two Jet Fighters, Scale Refernce Data | Kalmbach Books | 1982 | 0-89-024-041-8 | b&w pics, 1/72 plans, detail pictures and history | |
| Alexander Lippisch | The delta wing - history and development | University of Iowa press | 1981 | Likely an English translation of the 1976 'Ein Dreieck fliegt' | ||
| Jeffrey Ethell, Alfred Price | Deutsche Düsenflugzeuge im Kampfeinsatz 1944/45 | Motorbuch-Verlag | 1981 | 3-87943-787-4 | Translation of 'The German jets in combat' | |
| Jeffrey Ethell, Alfred Price | The German jets in combat | Jane's | 1979 | 137 pages, covers the Me 262, Ar 234 and Me 163 | ||
| Mark Lasarewitsch Gallai | Über unsichbaren Barrieren | Militärverlag der DDR | 1978 | ? | Memoires of a Russian test pilot, with an account of testing the Komet | |
| Eric Brown | Wings of the Luftwaffe - Flying German Aircraft of the Second World War | Doubleday | 1978 | 0-38513-521-1 | 176 pages with a 10 page chapter about Brown's flying experiences with the Me 163B. There are several reissues: one from Macdonald and Jane's with ISBN 0-35401-075-1 (1977), a hardcover by Airlife Pub Ltd with ISBN 0-906393-88-4 from 1987, a hardcover by Presidio Pr with ISBN 0-89141-297-2 from July 1987, and recently a softcover by Airlife Pub Ltd with ISBN 1-85310-413-2 (January 2001). | |
| - | Luftfahrt Handbuch 3 Bilder, Texte, Dokumente | E.S. Mittler und Sohn GmbH, Herford | 1978 | 3-87547-180-6 | A5 size bound compilation of Luftfahrt International issues 7, 8 and 9. Contains the same 44 page article as the magazine article | |
| Alexander Lippisch | Erinnerungen | Luftfahrtverlag Axel Zuerl | 1976 ? | Biography. 264 pages with photos. One of twenty chapters deals with the Komet. | ||
| Alexander Lippisch, F. Trenkle | Ein Dreieck fliegt; die Entwicklung der Delta-Flugzeuge bis 1945 | Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart | 1976 | 3-87943-467-0 | Describes all of Lippisch' designs, with many pages spent on paper designs. Relatively little hard information on the realised designs, including the Me 163A and Me 163B | |
| William Green | Rocket fighter; Illustrated history of WWII - Weapons book no. 20 | Ballantine Books | 1971 | - | 160 pages, pocket format. Features German, Russian and British rocket planes. Reissued in 1976 | |
| James C. Sparks | Winged rocketry | Dodd, Mead & Company, New York | c. 1968 | LoCCCN 68-14245 | 18 page chapter on the Me 163. Others include He 112, He 176, He 178, Ju 287, Me 262, Natter, V-1, V-2, A-4b, V-9, V-10, Saenger, Baka and Ohka. | |
| Martin Windrow | German Fighters of WWII, volume 1 | 1968 | 64 pages, with over a dozen color plates. Covers the Messerschmitt Bf 109, 110, Me 210, Me 410, Me 163 and Me 262 plus selection of Luftwaffe unit insignia | |||
| William Green | Famous fighters of the second world war | 1957 | Accounts of 17 important WWII fighters, including the Me 163. 128 pages, 230 photogrpahs, 140 profiles | |||
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| Writer | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Remarks | |
| A. Alexander - G. Petrov | Die Deutschen Flugzeuge in russischen und sowjetischen Diensten 1914-1951 (Band 2) | Flugzeug Publikations | 1997 | 3-927132-45-4 | 300 pages | |
| Marek Murawski | Aircraft Aces 2 | Kagero | 2005 | 83-89088-44-4 | 32 page booklet with a decal set in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scales for three German aces: Joseph Priller, Hans Waldman and Wolfgang Späte (5 pages, 4 b&w photos). Polish and English text. | |
| Kenneth Merrick, Jürgen Kiroff | Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings 1933-1945 Volume one | Ian Allan Publishing | 2004 | 1-903-223-38-5 | Me 163B colour and b&w pictures | |
| Michael Ullman | Luftwaffe Colours 1935-1945 | Hikoki | 2002 | 1-902-109-34-1 | English-text reissue of German issue, Me 163B camo pattern | |
| Dieter Herwig, Heinz Rode | Luftwaffe Secret Projects, Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft | Midland | 2002 | 1-857-80-150-4 | Me 163B brief description, plus these projects: version with four 4 guns, with BT 700 Bombentorpedo, and Me 263 | |
| Justo Miranda, P. Mercado | Packfile no.2: German rocket planes | Reichdreams Research Services | ~2002 | 200 pages including 1/72 scale drawings of 98 airplanes (including the Me 163B) together with a brief history and technical data (English text). | ||
| Heinrich Beauvais, Karl Kössler, Max Mayer, Christoph Regel | German secret flight test centres to 1945 | Midlands Publishing | 2002 | English translation of "Flugerprobungsstellen bis 1945". A very quick glimpse showed about 1 1/2 page dedicated to the Me 163. | ||
| Jose Miguel Romana | Aviones a reaccion del III Reich | Status Ediciones | 2001 | 84-923-596-7-6 | Spanish text. Me 163A and 163B history, colour and b&w pics, pictures lifted from websites without permission | |
| Shigeru Nohara | Camouflage & Markings of the Luftwaffe aircraft Vol. 1 Day fighters | Model Art | 2000 | Japanese text. Me 163A & B and Me 263 V1 colour and b&w plates | ||
| Roger Ford | German Secret Weapons In World War II | Amber Books, Kent | 2000 | 1-86227-090-2 | 144 pages, hardback. Three pages of Me 163 | |
| Heinrich Beauvais, Karl Kössler, Max Mayer, Christoph Regel | Flugerprobungsstellen bis 1945: Johannisthal, Lipesk, Rechlin, Travemünde, Tarnewitz, Peenemünde-West (Die deutsche Luftfahrt Nr. 27) | Bernard & Graefe Verlag | 1998 | 364 pages | ||
| Gary Hyland, Anton Gill | Last Talons of the Eagle - Secret Nazi Technology Which Could Have Changed The Course of World War II | Headline Books, London | 1998 | 0-7472-2156-1 | 280 pages, hardback. Several mentions of Me 163, one grayscale artist's impression of Me 263 / Ju 248. | |
| Barry Ketley, Mark Rolfe | Luftwaffe emblems 1939-1945 | Hikoki Publications | 1998 | 0-6519899-7-9 | ||
| David Myhra | Secret aircraft design of the Third Reich | Schiffer military history books | 1998 | 0-7643-0564-6 | ||
| Joachim Dressel, Manfred Griehl | The Luftwaffe Album | Arms & Armour Press | 1997 | 1-85409-409-2 | 192 pages, hardback, six pages of Me 163 | |
| Philippe Ricco, Jean-Claude Soumille | Les Avions Allemands aux Couleurs Francaises, Tome 2 | Association Airdoc | 1997 | French text book on German aircraft captured and evaluated by the French Air Force. Part 1 (Tome 1) deals with WW1 and WW2 types from Arado to Heinkel, Part 2 (Tome 2) with the remaining types, including the Messerschmitt Komet. About 100 pages. | ||
| Dennis Piszkiewicz | From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker: The Fantastic Flights of Hanna Reitsch | Praeger, Westport | 1997 | 0-275-95456-0 | 140 pages with picture section. Has a 12 page chapter titled "The Rocket Plane" about Reitsch's Komet experiences | |
| Carl-Fredrik Geust, Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman | Red Stars Volume 1: Soviet air force in world war two | Apali, Finland | 1995 | 951-95821-4-2 952-5026-01-9 | Pictorial history of the Soviet AF, containing several pictures of Me 163s with red stars. English and Finnish text | |
| Hugh Morgan, John Weal | German Jet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 17) | Osprey Publishing, London | 1995 | 1-85532-634-5 | The book focuses on the Me 262 but also mentions the other jet types and the Me 163. A brief operational history of the Me 163 is given | |
| David Donald, Bill Gunston, Jon Lake, David Mondey | Warplanes Of The Luftwaffe | Aerospace Publishing, London | 1994 | 1-880588-1-2 | 254 pages of colour and black and white photos, colour profiles and cutaway drawings of 70 German aircraft. 7 pages on the Me 163 | |
| ? | Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 6 | Delta Publishing | 1994 | |||
| Ralf Schnabel | Die Illusion der Wunderwaffen - Die Rolle der Düsenflugzeuge und Flugabwehrraketen in der Rüstungspolitik des Dritten Reiches | R. Oldenbourg Verlag, München | 1994 | 3-486-55965-6 | Subtitled 'Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte Band 35, Schriftenreihe des Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamtes'. Very small part dedicated to the Me 163 | |
| Keith Schuyler | Elusive Horizons | Avon, New York | 1992 | 0-380-76574-8 | The account of an American B-24 pilot's missions over Germany. Contains a curious reference of a red plane climbing very fast and firing rockets during a raid on Hamm on 22 April, 1944. | |
| Hanna Reitsch | The Sky, my Kingdom | Greenhill, London | 1991 | 1-85367-262-9 | Formerly issued as 'Flying is my life' (1954). Has a 9-page chapter on her Me163 experiences, focussing on her crash, and her feelings about flying the aircraft | |
| Judy Lomax | Flying for the Fatherland | Bantam | 1991 | 0-553-29321-4 | Biography of Hanna Reitsch. Fourteen page chapter "High and Low", again mostly concentrating on the crash. | |
| Günter Schmitt, Angelika Hofmann, Thomas Hotmann, Hans-Joachim Mau | Junkers, Bildatlas aller Flugzeugtypen / Pictorial Record of all aircraft 1910-1945 | Motorbuch Verlag | 1990 | 3-613-01339-8 | German/English, Ju 248 brief description | |
| Fred Koger | Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany | Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill | 1990 | 0-945575-17-3 | B-17 bombadier's story. Includes 6 page report of Komet attack over Merseburg | |
| Jan Derix | Vliegveld Venlo (parts 1 and 2) | Derix Tekstprodukties, Horst | 1990 | 90-73401-01-1 90-73401-02-X | Dutch text, some resistance reports of Me 163 flights. | |
| Several authors, foreword by Bill Gunston | Jane's fighting aircraft of World War II | Bracken Books | 1989 | 1-85170-1990 | reprint of 1946 edition from Jane's, brief description of Me 163B | |
| Judy Lomax | Flying for the Fatherland | John Murray, London | 1988 | 0-7195-4571-4 | Biography of Hanna Reitsch. Fourteen page chapter 'High and Low', mostly concentrating on her Komet crash | |
| Simon Parry, Frank Marshall | Colours of the Luftwaffe | Clifford Frost Ltd. | 1987 | ? | ||
| Johannes Reinike | Chronik des Flugplatzes Zwischenahn | Cramer Druck, Westerstede | 1986 | ? | History of Bad Zwischenahn airfield. The third issue was published in 1986, 128 pages. An earlier issue is from 1968-1970, 70 pages. | |
| Judy Lomax | Women of the Air | John Murray | 1986 | 0 7195 4293 6 | Thirteen page chapter on Reitsch- "Hanna Reitsch - Patriot". Just over a page on the Me163, focussing again on the crash | |
| Bernd Barbas | Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Vol.1 | Kookaburra | 1985 | 0-85880-048-9 | Me 163B b&w pictures | |
| Bernd Barbas | Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Vol.2 | Kookaburra | 1985 | 0-85880-050-0 | JG400 history, Me 163B b&w and colour pictures, colour plate | |
| David Masters | German Jet Genesis | Jane's | 1982 | 0-71-06-01-867 | Me 163A, B & C b&w pictures, data and history | |
| Walter J Boyne | The Aircraft Treasures of Silver Hill | Rawson, New York | 1982 | 0-89256-216-1 | a description and type-history of some of the more notable aircraft in the NASM collection | |
| Ken Merrick, Thomas Hitchcock | The Official Monogram Painting Guide to German Aircraft 1935-1945 | Monogram Aviation Publications | 1980 | 0-914144-29-4 | ||
| Henry V. Borst | The Aerodynamics of the Unconventional Air Vehicles of A. Lippisch | Henry V. Borst and Associates, Wayne Pennsylvania | 1980, 1998 | - | Discusses basic aerodynamic theory, V/STOL Concepts, Ground Effect Machines as well as delta nd tailess theory and reviews the contribution of Alexander Lippisch’s contributions to the various fields. No dedicated discussion of the Me-163. One detail photo (pg. 5-21) of Me-163A leading edge slots. Reissued in 1998 | |
| J.R. Smith, G.G. Pentland, R.P. Lutz | The modeller's Luftwaffe Painting Guide | Kookaburra | 1979 | 0-85880-033-0 | Me 163B camo pattern, stencils, colour pictures | |
| Kenneth S. West | The Captive Luftwaffe (Putnam Aeronautical series) | Putnam | 1978 | 0-370-30020-3 | 147 pages, hardback. Attempts to list all the WW2 German a/c captured by the British. It features a 6 page writeup on the Me 163 with photographs of some of the surviving examples. The book seems to be the sum of several magazine articles that were published in Aircraft Illustrated over the previous years, including a 4 page article in the April 1970 issue (see below). | |
| Tony Wood, Bill Gunston | Hitler's Luftwaffe | Salamander Books | 1977 | 0-86101-005-1 | Me 163B brief history, colour profiles from Air International, also Me 263 | |
| J. R. Smith, J.D. Gallaspy | Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings 1935-45 Vol 3 | Kookaburra | 1977 | 0-85880-020-9 | Me 163B b&w and colour pics | |
| Kenneth Merrick | German Aircraft Markings 1939-1945 | Ian Allan Ltd | 1977 | 0-7110-0739-X | Me 163B, two b&w pictures | |
| ? | Maru Magazine Vol. 9 | 1976 | Japanese text. B&W pictures of captured Me 163B FE-500, cockpit | |||
| James Gilbert | The world's worst aircraft | M & J Hobbs, Walton-on-Thames | 1975 | 10-page chapter on the Me 163, very biased, misquotes Ziegler to show what a bad aircraft the Komet was. Also published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1975. | ||
| J.R. Smith, A.L. Kay, | German Aircraft of the Second World War | Nautical & Aviation Pulishing Company of America, Baltimore | 1972 | 0-933852-97-5 | ||
| J. Richard Smith | Messerschmitt - An aircraft album | Ian Allan | 1971 | 7-110-0224-X | Me 163A & B and Me 263 full history, b&w pictures | |
| Martin Windrow | German Air Force Fighters of World War Two: Volume One (Combat Planes of World War Two series) | Doubleday | 1971 | ? | ||
| William Green | Warplanes of the Third Reich | Macdonald & Co | 1970 | 356-02382-6 | 672 pages, hardback, with 12 pages of Me 163 | |
| William Green | Warplanes of the Third Reich | Galahad Books, New York | 1970 | 0-88365-666-3 | ||
| Roger A. Freeman | The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men, and Machines | Macdonald, London | 1970 | 0-356-02662-0 | Has details of Komet encounters in a chapter called "The Jet Menace" | |
| Karl Ries Jr | Dora Kurfürst und rote 13 - band 4 | Verlag Dieter Hoffman, Mainz | 1969 | - | hardback, 192 pages of Luftwaffe photographs, including two images of Me 163 | |
| Edward T. Maloney | Luftwaffe Aircraft and Aces | The Air Museum, Ontario, California | 1969 | ? | 152 page card cover book. Edited and illustrated by Donald W. Thorpe. Contains an entry for the Me 163 with a photo of a captured a/c T-2-500, a photo of a Me 163 cockpit with most of the gauges stripped, plus a photo and specifications for the Walter 109-509 rocket motor. | |
| Edward J. Hoffschmidt | German Aircraft Guns WWI-WWII | WE Inc., Old Greenwich, Conn | 1969 | - | 182 pages, hard cover. Amongst others gives in-depth write-ups with illustrations of the Rheinmetall MK 108 plus its ammunition | |
| Rowland F. Pocock | German Guided Missiles | Ian Allan, London | 1967 | - | 120 pages, hard cover. Contains a couple of references to the use of the Me 163 in trials of the Ruse missile location system, 1944-45. | |
| Hanna Reitsch | Flying is my life | Putnam, New York | 1954 | ? | 246 pages, illustrated. Translation of the German book 'Fliegen ist mein Leben' (1951). Later this book was reissued as 'The sky, my kingdom' | |
| Hanna Reitsch | Fliegen - mein Leben | Herbig | 1951 | ? | ||
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| Writer | Title | Magazine | Issue | ISSN | Remarks | |
| ? | Me 163 - Riding the Reich's rocket | Flight Journal | ? (P-38 cover) | ? | ||
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163 im Detail | Aero | Issue 77 | ? | ||
| James E. Eskelin | Armament: The Messerschmitt Me-163 rocket fighter was surprisingly easy to fly but extremely dangerous to land | World War II magazine | January 2000 | 2 page article, summing up the Komet's development, action and problems | ||
| ? | Military Aircraft | Issue #41 (November 1998) | Japanese-language magazine. Subject of this issue are German rocket fighters and Japanese aircraft code-names. Black and white photos and illustrations. B5 size, 158 pages, soft cover. | |||
| S. Cvetkov | Sem' Minut Strakha (Seven minutes of fear) | Monografiya Istoriya Grafika (MIG) | ... 1998 | ? | General history of the Me 163 (in Russian) | |
| Frank Mormillo | Chino's German Rockets | Aeroplane Monthly | September 1997 | about the replica Komet and Natter in the Planes of Fame museum | ||
| Alfred Price, Jeffery Ethell | Messerschmitt 163, un avion trop loin... | Le Fana de l'Aviation | February 1997, issue 327 | 18 page article, translated into French | ||
| ? | German Jets of WWII (1) | Military Aircraft (Delta Publishing, Tokyo) | January 1996 (Vol 6, No 1) | ? | 20 pages about the Komet, plus He280, Ar234, Horten IX, and Ba349, Japanese text | |
| ? | Reaktivnye Istrebiteli Luftwaffe (The Jet Fighters Of The Luftwaffe) | Belayia Seriya (The White series) | Issue 1 (1993) | ? | 32 page A4 size supplement to Russian modeling magazine 'M-Hobby'. It contains articles about Me 163, Me 262 and He 162, some drawings, but no photos | |
| ? | ? | Koku Fan | 9-1991 | ? | contains 15 photos of Cosford Me 163B WNr 191614 plus all-Japanese text | |
| A. Alexandrow, M. Griehl | Die zweisitzige Me 163 | Flugzeug | 6/91 | ? | 5 pages on the Me 163S | |
| Albert Hemingway | The man who rode the rocket | Aviation Heritage | January 1991 | ? | Interview with famous Komet pilot Rudy Opitz | |
| Me 163 goes home | Flypast | June 1988 (number 83) | Most likely an article about the St Athan Komet moving to Oldenburg | |||
| Brian Johnson | Flugkapitän Hanna Reitsch- part 4 | Aeroplane Monthly | September 1985 | 0143-7240 | Four page article in a series of five, this one dealing with Me 163 (two pages), Fi 103 and, Me 328. Nothing new or unique is reported. | |
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet | War Machine | 14 (1984) | Single-page entry about the Komet | ||
| Robert Olejnik | Messerschmitt's mighty midget - part 3 | Aeroplane Monthly | October 1983 | 0143-7240 | Account of the 1./JG400 commander | |
| Robert Olejnik | Messerschmitt's mighty midget - part 2 | Aeroplane Monthly | August 1983 | 0143-7240 | Account of the 1./JG400 commander | |
| Robert Olejnik | Messerschmitt's mighty midget - part 1 | Aeroplane Monthly | July 1983 | Account of the 1./JG400 commander | ||
| Last of Luftwaffe - exclusive color photos | Airfoil | 1983 | Unique color photos of blown-up Komets at Brandis, after its capture by American troops | |||
| ? | ? (probably 'Messerschmitt 163') | Koku-Fan | October 1982 | ? | 14 pages of drawings and probably some more text pages | |
| ? | Shooting down a Me 163 Komet | Air Classics | February 1982 (Volume 18 Number 2) | ? | ||
| ? | Aerial Combat Between Me163 and Mustangs | Air Classics | May 1977 (Volume 15 Number 3) | ? | ||
| ? | Me 163 Rocket Fighter Pt II - Attacking the bomber stream | Airpower | May 1977 (Volume 7 Number 3) | ? | ||
| ? | Me 163 Rocket Fighter | Airpower | April 1977 (Volume 7 Number 2) | ? | ||
| ? | Dr. Lippisch's Tailless Me 163 Comet (probably) | Wings | April 1977 | ? | ||
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163 | Luftfahrt International | May/June 1975 | ? | 44 page article | |
| ? | Me 163, das Kraftei | Damals | 5/1975 | ? | German magazine. Magazine title translates into 'Back then' | |
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Rocket Fighter | Air Enthusiast | September 1972 | includes cutaway drawing | ||
| ? | Me 163 Komet Plans and sketches (?) | Aircraft Illustrated | September 1971 | |||
| Kenneth S. West | Spoils of War | Aircraft Illustrated | April 1970 | 4 page article which lists quite a few of the 250 allocated AM numbers including the 21 Me 163 numbers. | ||
| Wolfgang Späte | The Messerschmitt Me 163 | Air BP | No 37 (1967) | ? | 4 page article | |
| Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet color schemes | Flying Review International | March 1965 (Vol 20 No 6) | Also includes articles about the L-29 Delphin trainer, Macchi MB326, BAC One-Eleven and Fiat CR.32 biplane fighter | |||
| The Komet | RAF Flying Review | May 1963 | profile article with cut-away drawing of the Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet | |||
| Weltluftfahrt | 16 June 1955 (Band VII / Heft 6) | Reported contents are: Me 163, Kraftei, Späte, Dittmar, Reitsch, Opitz, Voy, Ziegler, Lippisch, Kiel, Pöhs, Kranich III, von Kunowski, Marcelle Choisnet, Radatz, Nehring, Bücker 181. Later became Flugrevue | ||||
| Weltluftfahrt | 25 August 1955 (Band VII / Heft 8) | Reported contents are: Reitsch, Pierre, Heinzel, Remm, Huth, Hahn, Me 163, Opitz, Pitz, Galland, Holtey, Geyer, Späte, Pöhs, Kraftei, Kaseloswi, Sieg, Woodward, Silesmo, Frowein, HKS, Heidmüller, Piesk, Stamer. Later became Flugrevue | ||||
| William Green | The Komet Story | RAF Flying Review | December 1956 | states: "This chapter is reproduced from the book published by MacDonald." | ||
| Me 163 Rocket Fighter (probably) | RAF Flying Review | June 1954 | articles on Me 163, Yak 23 Russia's export fighter, night fighter ace Group Captain John Cunningham, Japan's last ditch effort, pictures of Japanese WW2 aircraft including Yokosuka J8M1 Shusui | |||
| ? | Rocket engine | Mechanix Illustrated | April 1946 | - | 2 page article on the Walter HWK 109-509 engine | |
| ? | Luftwaffe Data at Wright Field, Dayton Ohio | Aero Digest (incl. Aviation Engineering) | January 1946 (volume 52 number 1) | - | photos of Luftwaffe jets: Heinkel 162, Messerschmitt 262A, Arado 234 and Me 163 without wings | |
| Messerschmitt Komet (?) | Aeroplane Spotter magazine | No.153 (1946) | Issue contains information on the Fireball, Short Seaford, Messerschmitt Komet, Bristol Freighter and Wayfarer, Hotspur, Heinkel He 111Z, Mustang and Marchetti SM92 | |||
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| Writer | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Remarks | |
| P. Paus | Raketenjäger. Die Geschichte der zukunftsweisenden Waffengattung (Großband Nr. 551) | Der Landser | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. This specific issue is also contained in a compilation (Landser Sammelband Nr. 287) | |||
| P. Paus | Raketenflieger Me 163 (Großband Nr. 327) | Der Landser | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. | |||
| Heinz Nowarra | Raketenjäger - Das technisch-historische Porträt einer revolutionären Flugzeug-Gattung (Großband Nr. 373) | Der Landser | January 1975 | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. | ||
| Bertold K. Jochim | Achtung Raketenjäger (Großband Nr. 41) | Der Landser | 1959 | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. | ||
| Armin Relling | Die ersten Raketenpiloten (Kleinband 171) | Der Landser | likely very old | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. | ||
| ? | Raketenjäger (Band 1055) | Der Landser | recent | Very extensive series of WW2 related stories. Possibly weekly issue. | ||
| Hans Holl | Fliegergeschichten Nr.129: Raketenjäger greifen an | ~1957 | 32 pages, some photos. The story of Feldwebel Jandrich, sent to Salzwedel to fly the Komet. It is not known whether Hans Holl or Fw. Jandrich was a real Komet pilot. They are not listed in the Ransom/Cammann book, but I believe I read somewhere it was a true, but edited, account of a Komet pilot, formely flying Bf 109 und FW 190. | |||
| ? | Fliegergeschichten Nr.105: Die grosse Bewährung | 1957 | Contains photos of the Messerschmitt Me 163 | |||
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| Writer | Title | Magazine | Issue | ISSN | Remarks | |
| James Hatch | Shooting Star | Tamiya Model Magazine | April 2014 (issue 222) | An eight pages article on building the Meng model, in bare metal and wood. It looks spectacular, but there are some technical errors. The leading edge section of the wing was wood too (not metal), and all control surfaces were fabric covered, not metal. The wooden wing skin panels were made of a patchwork of small veneer sheets, all oriented at 45 degrees. | ||
The list has a big gap of around 13 years here | ||||||
| Angus Creighton | Komet tales | Tamiya Magazine | Dec 2000/Jan 2001 (issue 83) | Six page article about building the Trimaster/Dragon 1/48 kit, illustrated with almost 30 color photographs. The author built an early and late Komet, paying a lot of attention to the subtle differences. Aircraft modeled are 'White 41' and "White 18' | ||
| William Steidl | Detailing Hasegawa's Me 163B | FineScale Modeler | October 2000 | deals with detailing the cockpit and wheel dolly, and a complete wiring of the rocket engine. Available as a a downloadable file on the FineScale Modeler site | ||
| Nicolas J Wigman | Komet - Modelling Dragon's 1/48th scale Me 163B-1a | Scale Aviation Modeller International | May 2000 | 5 page article on building the Dragon (ex Trimaster, now Revell) 1/48 Me 163B, with 25 photos of the build | ||
| ? | (unknown title) | Replic | February 2000 (#102) | 3 or 4 page article on building the Revell (ex Dragon, ex Trimaster) 1/48 Me 163B, using wrong camo scheme for 'White 54'. Also 2 pages of pictures of real Komets, including three rare pictures of a French-captured example | ||
| Jean-Philippe Fauvarque | 1/48 CzechModel Me 263/Ju 248 | Wing Masters | September-October 1999 (#12) | Article on the 1/48 CzechModel Me 263/Ju 248 by Jean-Philippe Fauvarque (in French). This model can also be seen on Jean-Philippe's modelling site | ||
| Aurelio Ruiz | Killer Komet | FineScale Modeler | April 1999 | ? | Diorama of 1/32 Hasegawa Komet | |
| ? | ? | Wing Masters | May 1998 | brief review of MPM 1/72 Me 163S (in French) | ||
| Christophe Wozny | 1/48 Le Me 163 Komet | Wing Masters | March-April 1998 (#3) | A 'Brandis' diorama feauring a Dragon Komet with its tail detached by Christophe Wozny (in French) | ||
| Ian M. Day | Only a flea but... Oho! | IPMS Magazine (IPMS-UK) | Issue 3/98 | ? | 1/72 kit comparison, and construction of Airfix Komet | |
| ? | ? | Scale Aviation Modelling | 3 March 1998 (#4) | brief comentary on Czech Masters 1/48 Me 263 | ||
| ? | ? | Todo Modelismo | August 1997 | Arba 1/72 Me 163C (resin model) and Huma 1/72 Me 263, detailed article, FS matches (in Spanish) | ||
| ? | ? | Todo Modelismo | May 1997 | Hasegawa 1/32 Me 163B and Dragon 1/48 Me 163S, very detailed, colour construction pictures, exhaustive, colour camo drawings (in Spanish) | ||
| ? | ? | Todo Modelismo | March 1997 | Condor 1/72 Me 163A, sketches, serial numbers, colour matches (in Spanish) | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Modeler | June 1995 | |||
| ? | ? | Plastic Kit Constructor | #37 (spring 1994) | brief review of Condor 1/72 Me 163A | ||
| ? | Me 163 Komet (probably) | Airfix Magazine | Vol 2 No 2 (around September 1991) | ? | Me 163 kit comparison | |
| ? | ? | Scale Models | November 1992 | brief review of Dragon 1/48 Me 163B | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Models | August 1991 | Mail on April 1991 article | ||
| Ralf Nordwig | Das Kraftei für Anfänger | Flugzeug | 6/91 | ? | 1 1/2 page building report of Trimaster 1/48 model | |
| ? | ? | Scale Models | April 1991 | Two page article, showing stencilling, six B&W profiles, and insignias | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Models | February 1991 | brief review of Trimaster 1/48 Me 163B | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Aircraft Modelling | 4 January 1991 (#13) | brief review of Trimaster 1/48 Me 163B and S | ||
| Richard Reynolds | It's all a question of money | Airfix Magazine | November 1990 | Comparison between the 1/48 Italeri (read Hawk/Testors) and Trimaster Komet models | ||
| ? | ? | Air Action | July 1990 | brief review of Trimaster 1/48 Me 163B (in French) | ||
| ? | Warpaint Me 163 Komet | Aviation News | 2-15 March 1990 | 2 pages filled with 17 color profiles, drawn by Hubert Cance | ||
| ? | ? | Air Forces International | November 1989 | 1/72 Me 163B plans | ||
| ? | ? | Air Forces International | October 1989 | Me 163B B&W and detail pictures, camo schemes and FS matches, 1/48 plans , sketches | ||
| ? | ? | Air Forces International | September 1989 | brief review of the Huma 1/72 Me 263 | ||
| ? | ? | FanAviation | September 1989 | Colour pictures of Me 163B in Canadian Museum (in French) | ||
| ? | Modeling a Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet to 1/32 scale | Fine Scale Modeler | February 1988 | Article on 1/32 Hasegawa Me 163B, very detailed, B&W and colour construction picturess, 1/48 plans, detail pictures | ||
| ? | Nazi Komet - detailing a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet in 1/48th scale | Scale Models Magazine | April 1987 (Vol. 22, No. 4) | using the Testors kit | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Models | August 1984 | brief review of Airmodel 1/72 Me 163B | ||
| Carl McLaughlin | Modeling smoke and fire - an Me 163 in flight | FineScale Modeler | May/June 1984 | features a spectacular take-off diorama of a 1/72 Heller Komet | ||
| ? | ? | Aerei Modelismo | September 1982 | brief review of Italeri/Testors 1/48 Me 163B (in Italian) | ||
| J. Reece | ? | Plastic Aircraft Modelling | #37 (February 1980) | brief comments on Hasegawa 1/32 Me 163B, 1/32 plans, Museum of Flight in East Fortune | ||
| ? | ? | Plastic Aircraft Modelling | #31 (August 1979) | B&W pictures of Me 163B | ||
| ? | Take a pot of Red Paint | Plastic Aircraft Modelling | #20 (winter 1978) | In a series on overall red planes: Airfix and Heller 1/72 Me 163B, Hasegawa 1/32 Me 163B | ||
| ? | Komet - the Me 163 | Airfix Magazine | August 1978 | |||
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Rocket Fighter with Ground Transporter | Scale Modeler | December 1977 | |||
| ? | ? | Modell Fan | November 1977 | contains several b&w profiles | ||
| ? | ? | Scale Models | September 1977 | B&W pictures of Me 163B | ||
| staff | ? | Scale Models | August 1977 | Airfix and Heller 1/72 Me 163B reviews, 1/72 plans, 4 colour camo drawings | ||
| Neil Robinson | ? | Plastic Aircraft Modelling | #17 (April/June 1977) | Brief comparison of Heller and Airfix 1/72 Me 163B's | ||
| Bryan Philpott | Modeling World War 2 fighters | Airfix magazine guide 25 | 1977 | 64 pages book, B&W photos, line drawings and text on building 1/72 scale models of Me 163, Gladiator, Hurricane, Spitfire, Seafire, Me 262, A6M Zero and F4U-1D Corsair | ||
| ? | Ein Schlepper für die Me 163 | Modell Magazin | 1/77 or 2/77 | |||
| ? | Me 163B ? | Scale Models | March 1974 | |||
| Don Greer | Hasegawa Komet - Squadron/Rubin pilot | Squadron Magazine | Fall 1973 (Volume 3 Number 4) | Three page article, including one page with profile drawings | ||
| ? | Rocket Fighter - Kit Review: Minicraft's Me 163 | Wings Magazine | December 1973 | most likely a review of the Hasegawa 1/32 model | ||
| ? | Super Scale ME 163 Komet Rocket Fighter | Scale Modeler | November 1973 | |||
| ? | Messerschmitt Bf 163 | Scale Models | April 1971 | This article is about the Bf 163 STOL plane, and not Me 163! | ||
| ? | German Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet Rocket Powered Fighter | Scale Modeler | August 1970 (Vol 5, No 8) | |||
| Les Hunt | The Vintage Scene No. 8 - Messerschmitt Me 163 | Scale Models | July 1970 (Vol 1, No 10) | Full title is: "The Vintage Scene No. 8 - Messerschmitt Me 163 - The fabulous 'KOMET' is well preserved reports LES HUNT in this survey of survivors". The article includes very nice MAP plans drawn by Ian Stair | ||
| ? | ? | IPMS Magazine (UK) | December 1965 | probably about Komet markings | ||
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| Writer | Title | Magazine | Issue | ISSN | Remarks | |
| Mike Leasure | A 1/12-Scale Foam-wing Messerschmitt | Model Airplane News | July 1999 | 4 page article | ||
| George Leu | Scale Techniques: Me 163 Komet Project | Model Airplane News | April 1999 | half page article on Me 163 RC models | ||
| Ray Juschleus | Sal's Dream | Model Aviation | November 1998 | ? | 2 page article on building an RC Komet and having Rudolf Opitz come over to watch it fly! | |
| Stan Alexander | Why Not Model...Me163 | Model Aviation | November 1998 | ? | 4 page article about the original WWII aircraft | |
| ? | Messerschmitt Me 163B-1A - World's first rocket interceptor | American Aircraft Modeler | July 1969 | ? | ||
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| Writer | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Remarks | |
| Albert Piccirillo | The Me 163 Komet, development and operational experience | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 1997 | AIAA paper 1997-5627. 18 pages | ||
| Lt. Robert J. Ford | Interim report no. 1 on Me-163 | T2 section | located in Edwards archives | |||
| ? | Eingehende Beschreibung der Me 163 A und B mit Erlauterungen der Besonderheiten fur die Zwecke der Hochgeschwindigkeit und der Hohenfliegerei | Translation: 'Detailed description of the Me 163 A and B with explanations of the characteristics for the purposes of high speed and high altitude flight'. Post war interrogation report, which seem to deal mostly with the fuselage. Located in the Cranfield University library. | ||||
| ? | CIOS XXXII - 37: Messerschmitt Aircraft Design | Located at Duxford. Included a reports list, including one interesting report that contains line drawings of wings, tail surfaces, flaps and slats, of Me 262 and 163 models (planforms and airfoil sections), microfilmed at Oberammergau. This report itself is not yet found however. | ||||
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| Producer/director | Title | Produced by | Year | Order nr | Remarks | |
| Deutsche Düsenjäger im 2. Weltkrieg | PTM Entertainment | German production, 53 minutes of footage of Me 262, Arado 234, Me 163 and He 162 | ||||
| Famous warplanes Volume 12: Messerschmitt Me 262 and Me 163 Komet | DD Video | 1999 | UK | Series of 26 videos each containing the profile of two aircraft. | ||
| Flugzeuge der Deutschen Luftwaffe - Me 163 | Videopilot Archiv / Network Projects | This appears to be German version of the 1993 Network Projects video. To be confirmed | ||||
| Colin Grub | Me 163 Komet - El Increíble avión cohete de Hitler | Kalender Video SA / Network Projects | 1995 | 50803 | Spanish version of the 1993 Network Projects video. 50 minutes duration. | |
| Colin Grub | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Wings of the Luftwaffe/Great Planes of the Luftwaffe number 7 | Network Projects | 1993 | DD 587 | 50 minutes duration. If you have problems finding this video, try International Historic Films. | |
| Colin Grub, Luke Swann | Rocket weapons Wings of the Luftwaffe: Vengeance | Discovery Channel / Network Projects | 1992 | 3 tape set, 120 min each, Vol. 4: Fighter attack, Vol. 6: Jet power, Vol. 7: Rocket weapons | ||
| ? | Die Deutsche Luftwaffe No.7 - Jet Fighters, Jet Bombers & V-Weapons | VAF Vaduz, Lichtenstein | ? | CHR021 | distributed by Chronos Films, UK. Very little Komet coverage, and not very professional | |
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| Producer/director | Title | Produced by | Year | Order nr | Remarks | |
| Claus Reuter | German Airpower: Me 163 Komet | S.R. Research & Publishing | 2000 | CD-ROM with 250 pages. ISBN 1894643003. | ||
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| Producer/director | Title | Produced by | Year | Order nr | Remarks | |
| Volker Schröder | Das Kraftei - Raketenjäger Me 163 B Komet | Kommunikations- design Volker Schröder | 2006 | Expected release date August 2006. Contains interviews with pilots Günter Andreas, Reinhard Opitz, Rudolf Opitz, Kurt Schiebeler, and replica builder and pilot Josef Kurz. 94 minutes in black and white and color, German text. An English-language version will follow. | ||
| James Duffy | Wings of Fire - The Messerschmitt Me-163 | Rocket Aero | 2006 | Various films and a slide show of still photos | ||
| Deutsche Düsenjäger im II. Weltkrieg | EMS | 2001 | 48 minutes. Footage of Me 262, Arado 234, Me 163 and He 162. Trailershow, Promptview, menu functions. Either with German text, or English text and German subtitles | |||
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| Artist | Title | Magazine | Issue | ISSN | Remarks | |
| ? | Lofty's one-man Luftwaffe | Battle picture weekly | 5 April 1975 | Three page story | ||
| Juan Giminez | La escoba del Diablo | ? | ? | Nine page story, script by Ricardo Barreiro | ||