The Nazi Plan to Bomb New York

[Dave Meury]

On the History Channel last night:

History Undercover
The Nazi Plan to Bomb New York

Aviation historian David Myhra has been investigating secret German
aircraft projects for more than 20 years, and has uncovered evidence of
a diabolical Nazi plan to deliver a radioactive bomb to New York. In
late 1944, the "Amerika Bomber" project was planned, and three aerospace
designers--Wernher von Braun, Eugen Sanger, and Reimar Horton--each had
a different solution.

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Von Braun's plan was to use a piloted A4.  The pilot would be sacrificed
in the execution of the mission.  Another interesting tid-bit revealed
in the television program was that slave workers would sometimes urinate
in rocket mechanisms, thereby corroding delicate parts and sabotaging
the launches.