The Messerschmitt Me 163 "Komet" was a WWII German rocket-powered plane — and a death trap for its own pilots.It used hypergolic fuel (C-Stoff and T-Stoff), which ignited on contact and could dissolve human flesh. A fuel leak meant a horrible death.Pilots often died during takeoff or landing, not even reaching combat.It was the fastest plane of the war (~950 km/h), but once the fuel ran out, it became an unpowered glider — good luck landing that.Nicknamed a “suicide sled,” it killed more Germans than Allies.