Prasthofer
Prasthofer Rocket engineer. . Died 30 July 1993. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.

Personal: Male.

Engineer and German rocket technician; later worked in France in the engine group at LRBA from 1947 to 1955. He then returned to Graz, Austria, and then went to work with Von Braun's team at Huntsville, Alabama.


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Michels, Juergen and Przybilski, Olaf, Peenemuende und seine Erben in Ost und West, Bernard & Graefe, Bonn, 1997. ISBN: 3763759603. Marvelous German language book traces the 'technology transfer' from the Peenemuende refugees to the rocketry programs of America, Russia, Germany, and other countries. More at amazon.com...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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