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Gerd Wilhelm De Beek Rocket engineer. Born 13 July 1904. Died 2 December 1989. Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.

Personal: Male. Born in Bremen, Germany.

German expert in guided missiles during World War II. Member of the German rocket team, arrived in America under Project Paperclip on 16 November 1945 aboard the Argentina from La Havre. As of January 1947, working at Fort Bliss, Texas. Worked his entire life with the rocket team, at Fort Bliss, White Stands, and then at Huntsville. As of 1960, Head of Managment Services, Graphic Engineering and Model Studies Branch, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville, Alabama.

Bibliography:

  • Michels, Juergen and Przybilski, Olaf, Peenemuende und seine Erben in Ost und West, Bernard & Graefe, Bonn, 1997.
  • Objective List of German and Austrian Scientists, Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency, 2 January 1947.
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