Walter Dornberger | |
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 Portrait of Major General Walter Dornberger taken during captivity, 1945 | |
| Born | 6 September 1895 |
| Died | 26 June 1980 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | Peenemünde Army Research Centre |
| Projects | V-1 flying bomb V-2 rocket |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Imperial German Army Reichsheer German Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger (6 September 1895 – 26 June 1980) was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre. After the war, the US Nazi scientist recruitment programme Operation Paperclip saw him move to the US, largely avoiding punishment for involvement in war crimes, to work for some decades in high positions in aerospace, including for Bell Aircraft and Boeing.