HISTORY OF GERMAN GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT by Benecke, Th. and A. W. Quick reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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HISTORY OF GERMAN GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT

by Benecke, Th. and A. W. Quick

Brunswick (Germany), 1957: Verlag E. Appelhaus and Co., 420 pages, $7.50

In 26 chapters by various contributors, the history emphasizes guidance and control aspects of wartime German rocket and missile developments. Typical chapter titles are "Guidance and Control of the Henschel Missiles," "The Aerodynamic Development of the V-2," "Development and Testing of the V-i Auto Pilot," "A Guiding System Using Television," "BMW Developments," "The Development of the V-2 Rocket Engine," and "The Design and Development of the Solid-Fuel Rocket and its Performance."

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III