Peenemünde Technical Reports (Fort Bliss / Putkammer Collection)
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Peenemünde Technical Reports (Fort Bliss / Putkammer Collection)
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0192
Creator
Peenemunde Research and Development Station
Biographical/Historical note
The German Army and Navy experimental station at Peenemunde, on the North Sea coast of Germany, was established in the mid-1930s to continue the rocketry work begun at Kummersdorf in 1930. By the end of World War II (1939-1945) the research station produced a number of successful weapons, including the first surface-to-surface guided missile (V-1), the first ballistic missile (V-2), and the first operational air-to-surface missile (He 293), as well as other designs. The equipment developed at Peenemunde formed the basis for postwar research and designs by both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Processing Information
The materials were held for a time in the Document Room of the Ordnance Research and Development Division Sub-Office on Rockets, Fort Bliss, TX. Researchers should also refer to Peenemunde Aerodynamics Reports, NASM Acc. No. XXXX-0193; Captured German/Japanese Air Technical Documents – Peenemünde Guided Missile (PGM) Microfilm (one series of NASM Acc. No. XXXX-0431); and Captured German Documents (World War II) – Fort Eustis (FE) Microfilm, NASM Acc. No. XXXX-0468 for other Peenemünde Archiv series documents.
Date
1940-1945, circa 1950
bulk 1940-1945
Provenance
No donor information, gift, unknown date
Extent
1.58 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
Summary
The German Army and Navy experimental station at Peenemunde, on the North Sea coast of Germany, was established in the mid-1930s to continue the rocketry work begun at Kummersdorf in 1930.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Publications
Photographs
Charts
Maps
Arrangement
The documents are in German and are filed in order by Archiv Number (for example: 11/8, 14/2, 14/3).
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of copies of reports primarily from the Peenemünde Archiv 14, 66, and 86 series.
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Publications
Photographs
Charts
Maps
Rights
Permissions Requests
Creator
Peenemunde Research and Development Station
Names
Peenemunde Research and Development Station
Topic
He 293 (missile)
Aeronautics
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Thermodynamics
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Guidance systems
Guided missiles -- Propulsion systems
Rockets (Aeronautics)
World War, 1939-1945
Thermodynamics
V-1 rocket
Rocketry
Aeronautics, Military
V-2 rocket
Citation
Peenemünde Technical Reports (Fort Bliss / Putkammer Collection), Acc. XXXX-0192, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
