Lothar Sieber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lothar Sieber

test pilot

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1945

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Lothar Sieber (7 April 1922 in Dresden, Germany – 1 March 1945 near Stetten am kalten Markt, Germany) was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter". Before he became a test pilot for Bachem, he piloted an Arado Ar 232 in highly risky sorties.
Shortly before his flight, he had become engaged to Gertrud Naudit, a Luftwaffenhelfer.
Sieber had held the rank of second lieutenant but was demoted to private after an alcohol-related AWOL.
Posthumuously he was promoted to oberleutnant.