Hans Fichtner

He was among the scientists to surrender and travel to the United States to provide rocketry expertise via Operation Paperclip which took them first to Fort Bliss, Texas (1945–1949).

[2] In a personal letter to a space aficionado, Fichtner wrote, "I worked at Peenemünde to design the control system of the A4.

Arrived at the States with the 55 specialists Nov 17, 45, designed the electrical system for all White Sands V-2 launches in the first 11⁄2 years.

Did all the electrical systems design for Redstone, Mercury-Redstone, Jupiter, Pershing missile.

Was Chief engineer for the satellite series high energy astronomy observatory (HEAO).