Walter Thiel
Dr Walter Thiel (March 2, 1910 Breslau - August 18, 1943 Karlshagen) was a German rocket scientist.
He was the third civilian hired by Walter Dornberger for German research at Kummersdorf on November 1, 1932, (after Wernher von Braun & Heinrich Grünow), and in 1936, transferred to Dornberger's new rocket section. After transferring from Kummersdorf to the Peenemünde Army Research Center in the summer of 1940, Thiel became deputy director of the Peenemünde HVP Organization under von Braun. Before working at Kummersdorf, Thiel was a chemical engineer at the Heyland Works at Brietz near Berlin. Thiel also designed the motor for the Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile.
Walter Thiel was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1976. The crater Thiel on the Moon is named after him.
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