HANS FICHTNER - HAND/FOOT PRINT OR SKETCH SIGNED - HFSID 289748
Sale Price $378.00
Reg. $420.00
HANS FICHTNER
Traced left hand signed by a German engineer who worked on V-2 rockets during World War II.
Hand print signed: Hans J. Fichtner/ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE VON BRAUN PEENEMUNDE ROCKET TEAM", 8¼x11. Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtnerwas born in Leipzig, Germany on September 8, 1917. He is a retired rocket scientist who was part of the "von Braun rocket group" that worked on V-2 rockets during World War II. After the war he surrendered to the United States and traveled to the U.S. to provide his rocket expertise as part of Operation Paperclip (which recruited Nazi Scientists for employment by the United States after World War II). Later he joined the Marshall Space Flight Center to work for NASA. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.
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