V-1 flying bomb. by blinkings
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The V-1 flying bomb was an early pulsejet-powered cruise missile, the very first production aircraft of any type to use a pulsejet for power.
The V-1 was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Center by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. During initial development it was known by the codename "Cherry Stone". The first of the so-called Vergeltungswaffen series designed for terror bombing of London, the V-1 was fired from launch facilities along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts. The first V-1 was launched at London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landings in Europe. At its peak, more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at south-east England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces. After this, the V-1s were directed at the port of Antwerp and other targets in Belgium, with 2,448 V-1s being launched. The attacks stopped when the last launch site was overrun on 29 March 1945.
Comments (14)
blinkings
CoyoteSeven
Though by today's standards, the V1 was a crude, inaccurate weapon, in its day it was the pinnacle of engineering.
Thanks for sharing this bit of history.
Faemike55
I remember reading about them, also named Buzz bombs by the Allies. I also remembering building a model of it.
great picture(s) and information
Richardphotos
I have heard of these before but always interesting to hear more
TomDart
Thanks for this close view and for the pic of soldiers with a V1, giving me a better perspective of its size than I had believed.
Buffalo1
A nasty weapon
netot
Terrific weapon!
DukeNukem2005
Very well!
ironsoul
The saying was it was alright until they went silent and then that was the time to get scared. The weapon that made the biggest impression at the time was the V2 because made no noise at all.
giulband
Interesting image as all the series of this airplanes !!
kgb224
Outstanding capture my friend. God bless.
Cyve
WOW... Fantastic capture !!!
FurNose
a frightening piece of history. I read that some Spitfire and Tempest pilots managed to fly with their wings under the wings of the V-1, which influenced the Airflow of the V-1 in this case that it banked away. This effect was so quick and violently, that the inner gyroscope of the V-1 couldn't cope with it and so it went haywire and the V-1 crashed before it could reach the target. How ever not many managed to crash a V-1 this way, because of the speed it had and due to it's "small" size (compared to a normal Airplane) it was a very dangerous maneuver. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg). Some (such as the Wikipedia) say the fighters where tipping up the wing of the V-1 with their own, but I heard in a Documentation a Pilot saying that they weren't touching the V-1 at all. Another version of this V-1 (fieseler Fi 103 Reichenberg) also called V4 was a manned version where the idea was, that the pilot could do evasive maneuvers in case of an attack. The Pilot then was expected to bail out, before the target. But this version never exceeded prototype status. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-2733%2C_Neu_Tramm%2C_US-Soldaten_mit_V4.jpg
debbielove
The sound of silence.... duck! Nice find mate. Rob