By Lee RoopThe Huntsville Times 10-1-12 HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Rudolf Schlidt, one of the last surviving members of Wernher von Brauns original "Paperclip" rocket team, has died in Huntsville. Schlidt, who died Friday, was 98.Schlidt was a guided missile expert who was with von Braun developing the V-2 missile in Germany in World War II. His expertise was "rocket construction, testing and research of high temperature materials," according to his obituary. He accompanied von Braun to Fort Bliss, Texas, after the war and later to Huntsville, where the team led development of Americas first missiles and later the Saturn V that took Americans to the moon. The team was code-named "Paperclip" by American military and intelligence services at the end of the war.In a 2008 interview with "The Huntsville Times" on the occasion of NASAs 50th birthday, Schlidt recalled the war and his early life in America. Drafted into the German army, Schlidt said he thought he was bound for a parachute team but ended up at Pennemunde where the Germans were developing the V-2. "We were far from the war...," Schlidt said. "It was a nice assignment." When the Allies bombed the missile factory, it became "hell." The scientists and engineers were evacuated in 1945, and Schlidt eventually made his way to America with the team. He weighed 136 pounds....Continue Reading... See Also:Remembering Adolf Hitlers Lethal V-2 Rocket 70 Years LaterRenowned U.S. Navy Commander Reveals Stunning Roswell Crash Secret "NASA Veteran Clark C. McClelland Confirms Alien Existence as Outlined by Astronaut Edgar Mitchell! SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCERead more >>
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