American History Operation PaperclipMain MenuOperation PaperclipWhat was Operation Paperclip?Wernher von BraunGerman Rocket Scientist and Ex-NaziArthur RudolphScientist and Rocket SpecialistPeenemuende teamCullen Ullo79306c7306211dacca2139c9f196f27e582e1b5f
12016-11-30T16:41:39-08:00Peenemuende team4plain2016-11-30T22:53:04-08:00The Peenemunde Army Research Center was founded in 1937, as a military proving ground under the German Army Weapons Office, as one of the five built. The site was moved to the Northern part of the penisula of the Baltic island of Usedom, paying the town of Wolgast in the process.
Raids by the British forces happened in order to combat the launches and developement of the V-2 rockets by targeting the living quarters and construction rooms. V-2 production was moved to Mittelwerk and Peenemunde was evacuated. The last V-2 launch from the base was February 1945, and on May 1945.
Wernher von Braun was the technical director with nine major departments under him:
1. Technical Design Office 2. Aeroballistics and Mathematics Laboratory 3. Wind tunnel 4. Materials Laboratory 5. Flight, Guidence, and Telemetering Devices 6. Develpoment and Fabrication Laboratory( Run by Arthur Rudolph ) 7. Test Laboratory 8. Future Projects Office 9. Purchasing Office
This team was a major part of the list of scientists that were to be found and brought back to the US in Operation paperclip, being of large importance in the US space industry later on in their lives.
