Date of birth:

March 2nd, 1910 (Breslau/Schleswig, Germany)

Date of death:

August 18th, 1943 (Karlshagen/Mecklenburg-Vorpommerania, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Karlshagen
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Walter Erich Oskar Thiel provided the decisive ideas for the A4 (V-2) rocket engine and his research enabled rockets to head towards space

00.00.1937: the first scientists moved from Schießplatz Kummersdorf to Peenemünde, his team stayed in Kummersdorf
00.00.1940: moved to Peenemünde
00.07.1940: deputy director of the Peenemünde HVP Organization
03.10.1942: first successful launch occurred from test station VII for A4 project
17.08.1943-18.08.1943: the Royal Air Force launched a bombing raid of Peenemünde, Operation Hydra - the Thiel family died in a slight trench in front of their home in Karlshagen
00.00.1970: a moon crater is named after him
00.00.1976: inducted in the "International Space Hall of Fame" in Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA

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