T' Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder) was a World War II era German experimental point-defense rocket-powered interceptor aircraft which was t' be used in a very similar way as unmanned surface-to-air missiles. After vertical takeoff which eliminated t' need for airfields, me bucko, t' majority o' t' flight t' t' bombers was radio controlled from t' ground. Ahoy! T' primary mission o' t' (inexperienced) pilot be t' aim t' aircraft at its target bomber and fire its armament o' rockets. Avast! T' pilot and t' main rocket engine should then land under separate parachutes, while t' wooden fuselage was disposable. Avast, me proud beauty! T' only manned test flight, on 1 March 1945, ended with test pilot Lothar Sieber bein' killed.