On Me-163 Komet

The Messerschmitt Company had sub-contracted the production of the first 70 pair of wings to a factory in Zeulenroda. They had previously produced transport gliders. It was found during a quality control check in Regensburg that the main kingpin for the wing mounting connection had two millimeters of play. That could have caused catastrophic wing failure during high-speed flight. In the meantime, and, at the expense of considerable man-hours, all of the wings had had to be ripped open so that the production flaw could be corrected.

Top secret bird by Wolfgang Späte

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