Some interesting insights into the V2 steering electronics

Thanks Basil.

Helmut Hoelzers Mishgerat. The first electronic analog computer to fly. The first computer to control a supersonic flying machine. From the inventor of the electronic analog computer and designer of the Messina telemetry system. Hoelzer achieved a lot In his first career. After the war he had a happy and illustrious second career in Huntsville Al. with the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency and then NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as head of the Computation Division.

The Wasserfall SAM development prototypes flew with the Mischgerat and Messina too.
 

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