Lothar Sieber

Lothar Sieber
Lothar Sieber boarding the M23 prototype
Born7 April 1922
Dresden, Germany
Died1 March 1945(1945-03-01) (aged 22)
near Stetten am kalten Markt, Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branchLuftwaffe
RankOberleutnant (posthumous)
Trailing scene, Sieber discusses with Erich Bachem the final launch preparations, at the Militärgeschichtliche Sammlung Stetten am kalten Markt

Lothar Sieber (7 April 1922 – 1 March 1945) was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter".[1]

Before he became a test pilot for Bachem, he piloted an Arado Ar 232 in highly risky sorties. Shortly before his flight, he had become engaged to Gertrud Naudit, a Luftwaffenhelfer. Sieber had held the rank of second lieutenant but was demoted to private after an alcohol-related AWOL. Posthumuously he was promoted to Oberleutnant.

  1. ^ "Lothar sieber Spitfires over Berlin the Airwar in Europe 1945.PDF" (PDF).