RME11BR7–Dec. 12, 1976 - Hitier's Rocket Man Dr. Werner Von Braun Is Gravely Ill In Hospital: Dr. Werner von Braun, the man whose rockets bombarded Britain in the Second World War, is gravely ill in hospital with cancer. Von Braun, now 64, designed and built more than 1,000 V-2 rockets that killed 2,700 Britons and injured another 6,500 in the closing stages of the war. In America, Dr. Von Braun designed their first ''Explorer'' orbiting space satellite and the Saturn-5 rocket. Photo shows Dr. Werner von Braun shows with a duplicate of ''Explorer'' satellite.
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