Peenemünde. A group of six documents related to rocket construction, four addressed to Demag AG of Duisburg, prime contractors for the V-2, 28 February 1942 - 9 March 1945 Six single sheets, 15 x 21cm (6 x 8 ¼ in) to 30 x 21cm (11 ¾ x 8 ¼ in), typescript in German, browned, hole-punched at left edge, various stamps and manuscript annotations £1,000-1,500 Most items are orders for, or enquiries about, rocket parts. The earliest is sent from Bauleitung der Luftwaffe Peenemunde, others from Heimat-Artillerie-Park, Karlshagen, the rocket facility near Peenemunde, Elektromechanische Werke GMBH, Karlshagen, a cover name for the Peenemunde facility, and Wasserbau-Versuchanstalt, Kochelsee to where the V-2 development programme was moved after the RAF bombing of August 1943. There is also an enquiry from Demag to Peenemunde about high pressure compressors and a letter from the office of the Sonderausschuss Maschinen und Apparate fur die chemische Industrie to the Berlin firm Engelke & Huth headed Führer-Notprogramm, concerning the Geilenberg-Programm, the plan to revive the petroleum industry and provide rocket fuel. Included with the lot is an aerial photograph of Peenemunde before the first bombing raid.
Peenemünde. A group of six documents related to rocket construction, four addressed to Demag AG of Duisburg, prime contractors for the V-2, 28 February 1942 - 9 March 1945 Six single sheets, 15 x 21cm (6 x 8 ¼ in) to 30 x 21cm (11 ¾ x 8 ¼ in), typescript in German, browned, hole-punched at left edge, various stamps and manuscript annotations £1,000-1,500 Most items are orders for, or enquiries about, rocket parts. The earliest is sent from Bauleitung der Luftwaffe Peenemunde, others from Heimat-Artillerie-Park, Karlshagen, the rocket facility near Peenemunde, Elektromechanische Werke GMBH, Karlshagen, a cover name for the Peenemunde facility, and Wasserbau-Versuchanstalt, Kochelsee to where the V-2 development programme was moved after the RAF bombing of August 1943. There is also an enquiry from Demag to Peenemunde about high pressure compressors and a letter from the office of the Sonderausschuss Maschinen und Apparate fur die chemische Industrie to the Berlin firm Engelke & Huth headed Führer-Notprogramm, concerning the Geilenberg-Programm, the plan to revive the petroleum industry and provide rocket fuel. Included with the lot is an aerial photograph of Peenemunde before the first bombing raid.
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