Andreas
> Herr Obersturmbannfuehrer Wernher von Braun wasn't kidnapped by the
> US troops.
> Together with Generalmajor Dornberger (responsible for sending the V2s to
> London, later Vice President of Bell Aero Systems Company, Buffalo, USA),
> he deserted to the US forces on May the 2nd, 1945, in Reutte, Austria.
Are you sure?
I thought Von Braun surrendered in Oberammergau? I have seen pictures
showing him with his arm in a cast and it said that he was
recouperating there from the injury. I think he had gone there mainly
due to Norhausen being overrun?
Regards
Doug
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