TURBULENT JOURNEY: The Jumo Engine, Operation Paperclip, and the American Dream

Germany built the first operational jet aircraft during WWII, the Messerschmitt Me 262, Siegfried Decher was part of the engineering team that designed the engines that powered the 262. At the end of the war he was nearly stranded in the Soviet Occupation Zone, but the U.S. military made contact and offered a way out. Illus.