Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg
Late in World War II Otto Skorzeny, leader of the German commandos, and Hanna Reitsch, the famous test pilot, put forth a plan for a new super-accurate attack weapon using converted V1 Flying Bombs with a tiny cockpit on top. Launched from Heinkel He 111 bombers (as opposed to catapults) the pilots would fly the weapon into high-value targets, such as bridges and command centers.
A program was set up to train pilots for this mission, under the code-name Selbstopfer (German for self-sacrifice). About 100 pilots drawn from Skorzeny's KG200 were trained, and about 175 of the modified Reichenberg missiles were built. Unlike the somewhat similar Japanese Kamikaze Ohka, pilots of the new Fi 103 R were able to bale out just prior to impact, although in reality this would be difficult because the cockpit was located just below the pulsejet intake.
Some other Nazi secret weapons projects involved near-suicide missions like the Bachem Ba 349 Natter.
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