A4 Fibel

A German A4, commonly known as V2, took flight on April 16, 1946, from White Sands making it the first Truly modern rocket to be launched from the United States. Wernher von Braun ans a team of German scientists had developed the rocket and now manned the technology alongside their American colleagues. Through their labors came the development of such important projects as the Redstone and Jupiter rockets and the first and only US vehicle to bring men to the moon and back, the Saturn V. It was 50 years ago that this historical start was undertaken, making the start of the American Missile and Space program possible. To commemorate this historical event we have published a reprint of the American A4 manual. Like the original manual issued in 1957 by the Redstone Arsenal. The text of the manual is in English, but the illustrations were taken from the original German WW II manual issued to the German rocket troops.