Acquired from JG Autographs
Acquired November 14th 2023
Adolf Thiel was a German rocket scientist, and was one of Werner Von Braun's team that settled in America at the end of WWII.
The team were responsible for the design and construction of the V2, a ballistic missile that was later repurposed in the US as a research vehicle
The image is of a V2 test flight, TF-1 which took place at White Sands on the 22nd August 1951