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Walter Julius Hermann "Papa" Riedel | |
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| Born | 5 December 1902 |
| Died | 15 May 1968 (aged 65) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | Heylandt Company Peenemünde RPD Westcott / Aylesbury |
Walter J H "Papa" Riedel ("Riedel I") was a German engineer who was the head of the Design Office of the Army Research Centre Peenemünde and the chief designer of the A4 (V-2) ballistic rocket.[1][2] The crater Riedel on the Moon was co-named for him and the German rocket pioneer Klaus Riedel.
Klaus Riedel ("Riedel II") and Walther Johannes Riedel ("Riedel III") were also Peenemünde engineers.
- ^ Lebenslauf (biography), Walter J. H. Riedel.
- ^ Bergaust, Erik (1979). Wernher von Braun. Wien: Econ Verlag Düsseldorf. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-430-11301-4.