Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet a fost singurul avion cu motor-rachetă care a zburat vreodată, fiind folosit deLuftwaffe în cel de-Al Doilea Război Mondial. Realizarea sa a fost o performanță pentru perioada celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial, caracteristicile sale neavând rival la vremea aceea.
Pilotul de încercare Rudy Opitz în 1944 a atins cu acest avion viteza de 1.123 km/h. S-au construit peste 300 de avioane, totușiKomet s-a dovedit a fi un avion de vânătoare ineficient, deoarece cu acest tip s-au doborât doar 9 avioane ale aliaților.
Andrade, John M.U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979.ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
Boyne, Walter J.Clash of Wings. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.ISBN 0-684-83915-6.
Brown, Eric.Wings On My Sleeve. London: Orion Books, 2006.ISBN 0-297-84565-9.
Ethell, Jeffrey L.Komet, the Messerschmitt 163. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1978.ISBN 0-7110-0827-2.
Ethell, Jeffrey L. and Alfred Price.The German Jets in Combat. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1979.ISBN 978-0-35401-252-2.
Galland, Adolf.The First and the Last. New York: Ballantine Books, 1957. No ISBN.
Green, William.Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1970 (fourth Impression 1979).ISBN 0-356-02382-6.
Green, William.Rocket Fighter (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Weapons Book No.20). New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.ISBN 0-345-25893-2.
Käsmann, Ferdinand C.W.Die schnellsten Jets der Welt (in German). Berlin: Aviatic-Verlag GmbH, 1999.ISBN 3-925505-26-1.
Maloney, Edward T., Uwe Feist and Ronald Ferndock.Messerschmitt 163 "Komet". Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1968.ISBN 0-8168-0564-4.
Pejčoch, Ivo.Bojové Legendy: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (in Czech). Prague, Chech Republic: Jan Vašut s.r.o., 2007.ISBN 978-8-07236-305-6.
Späte, Wolfgang.Der streng geheime Vogel Me 163 (in German), "The Top Secret Bird Me 163". Eggolsheim, Germany: Dörfler im Nebel Verlag GmbH, 2003.ISBN 978-3-89555-142-0.
Späte, Wolfgang and Richard P. Bateson.Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Aircraft in Profile number 225). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1971.
Stüwe, Botho.Peenemünde West (in German). Augsburg, Germany: Bechtermünz Verlag, 1999.ISBN 3-8289-0294-4.
Thompson, J. Steve with Peter C. Smith.Air Combat Manoeuvres: The Technique and History of Air Fighting for Flight Simulation. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008.ISBN 978-1-903223-98-7.
Germania Nazistă
.svg)
.svg)
