Editing Hellmuth Walter (section)

{{Short description|German rocket scientist}}
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| name              = Hellmuth Walter
| image             = Hellmuth Walter.jpg
| image_size        = 300px
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| caption           = Hellmuth Walter
| birth_date        = {{birth date |1900|8|26|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Wedel]], [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]], [[German Empire|Germany]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age |1980|12|16 |1900|8|26|df=y}}
| death_place       = Upper [[Montclair, New Jersey]], [[United States]]
| nationality       = [[Germany|German]]
| fields            = [[Engineering]]
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| alma_mater        = [[Technische Universität Berlin]]
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| known_for         = {{ill|Walter engine|de|Walter-Antrieb}}
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'''Hellmuth Walter''' (26 August 1900 – 16 December 1980) was a German [[engineer]] who pioneered research into [[rocket engine]]s and [[gas turbine]]s. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the [[Messerschmitt Me 163]]<ref name=Reitsch>{{cite book |last=Reitsch |first=H. |year=1955 |title=The Sky My Kingdom |location=London |publisher=Biddles Limited, Guildford and King's Lynn |isbn=1-85367-262-9 }}</ref>{{rp|174}} and [[Bachem Ba 349]] [[interceptor aircraft]], so-called [[JATO|''Starthilfe'']] jettisonable rocket propulsion units used for a variety of [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft during [[World War II]], and a revolutionary new propulsion system for [[submarine]]s known as [[air-independent propulsion]] (AIP).