- Erich Bachem
Erich Bachem (*
12 August 1906 inMülheim an der Ruhr ; †25 March 1960 ) was a German engineer.In the 1930s Erich Bachem designed the "Aero-Sport" camping
trailer built byglider companyWolf Hirth inKirchheim unter Teck from woodt. Until 1944 Bachem designed planes forFieseler .In 1944, he designed for the SS the vertical take-off manned
rocket plane Bachem Ba 349 . The only manned test flight on1 March 1945 ended with pilotLothar Sieber being killed.From 1957, he together with
Erwin Hymer atHymer , designed campingtrailer s sold asEriba (Erich Bachem) with names like "Troll ", "Puck ", "Touring ", "Nova ".Work
* "Die Praxis des Leistungs-Segelfliegens", 1932, 2. Aufl. 1936
* "Das Problem des Schnellstfluges", 1933
* Beitrag in: "Probleme aus der astronautischen Grundlagenforschung", hrsg. v.Heinz H. Koelle , 1952Literature
* Nachrufartikel in:
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt : "Jahrbuch", Jg. 1960, S. 479
* Volker Hammermeister, "Die Legende lebt", in: Caravaning, Heft 2/2007, S. 12f (auch [http://www.caravaning.de/50jahrehymer-eriba_dielegendelebt.92265.htm online]External links
* [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/bachem.htm Erich Bachem at astronautix.com]
* [http://www.hymer.com/index.php?navi=305&kategorie=249 Eriba France]
* [http://www.kheichhorn.de/html/body_natter.html Abfangjagdflugzeug Bachem Ba 349 "Natter"]
* [http://h1.ripway.com/erwinj/vtol/bachemfolder/natterbase.html Bachem Ba 349 Natter]
* [http://www.lonesentry.com/features/f36_natter-bachem-ba349.html U.S. Intelligence Report Photos]
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