Lothar Sieber [SEP] place of birth
Lothar Sieber
Lothar Sieber (7 April 1922 in Dresden, Germany – 1 March 1945 near Stetten am kalten Markt, Germany) was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter".
Before he became a test pilot for Bachem, he piloted an Arado Ar 232 in highly risky sorties. Shortly before his flight, he had become engaged to Gertrud Naudit, a Luftwaffenhelfer. Sieber had held the rank of second lieutenant but was
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 strike Okinawa and conduct photographic reconnaissance flights over Okinawa, Kerama Retto, Minami Daito, and Amami O Shima.
- The worlds first vertical launch of a manned rocket takes place when the German Bachem Ba 349 Natter rocket fighter makes its first manned launch under rocket power. The 55-second flight ends in tragedy when the aircraft crashes, killing its pilot, "Luftwaffe" test pilot Lothar Sieber.
- March 2 – German forces employ the Henschel Hs 297 surface-to-air anti-aircraft