FLYING BOMBS AUTHENTIC WW2 BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE DEC 1944 GERMAN V-1 BUZZ

Description: FLYING BOMBS AUTHENTIC WW2 BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE DEC 1944 GERMAN V-1 BUZZ FLYING BOMBS AUTHENTIC WW2 BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE DEC 1944 GERMAN V-1 BUZZ DOODLEBUG SOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH DISCOVERY AT PEENEMUNDE RAF OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE LAUNCH SITES LONDONS DEFENSE TAKES SHAPE THE SECOND BATTLE OF BRITAIN BEGINS EXPERIENCE PUT TO USE SPITFIRES AND THE AIR DEFENSE OF GREAT BRITAIN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS THE BALLOON BARRAGE SPOTTERS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE TARGETS THE STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF THE V-1 REBUILDING HOW THE FLYING BOMB WORKS ----------------------------- Additional information from Internet Encyclopedia The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1)also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherrystone) or Maikäfer (maybug)was an early pulse-jet-powered predecessor of the cruise missile. The V-1 was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Centre by the 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 sites 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 landing 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. The British operated an arrangement of defences (including guns and fighter aircraft) to intercept the bombs before they reached their targets as part of Operation Crossbow, while the launch sites and underground V-1 storage depots were targets of strategic bombing. The first complete V-1 airframe was delivered 30 August 1942, and after the first complete As.109-014 was delivered in September, the first glide test flight was 28 October 1942 at Peenemünde, from under a Focke-Wulf Fw 200. The first powered trial was 10 December, launched from beneath an He-111. The conventional launch sites could theoretically launch about 15 V-1s per day, but this rate was difficult to achieve on a consistent basis; the maximum rate achieved was 18. Overall, only about 25% of the V-1s hit their targets, the majority being lost because of a combination of defensive measures, mechanical unreliability, or guidance errors. With the capture or destruction of the launch facilities used to attack England, the V-1s were employed in attacks against strategic points in Belgium, primarily the port of Antwerp. Launches against Britain were met by a variety of countermeasures, including barrage balloons, Hawker Tempests, and even Gloster Meteors. These measures were so successful, by August 1944, about 80% of V-1s were being destroyed. (The Meteors, though fast enough to catch the V-1s, suffered frequent cannon failures, and accounted for only 13.) In all, about 1,000 V-1s were destroyed by aircraft. The codename "Flakzielgerät 76""Flak aiming apparatus" helped to hide the nature of the device, and it was some time before references to FZG 76 were linked to the V-83 pilotless aircraft (an experimental V-1) that had crashed on Bornholm in the Baltic and to reports from agents of a flying bomb capable of being used against London. Importantly, the Polish Home Army intelligence contributed information on V-1 construction and a place of development (Peenemünde). Initially, British experts were sceptical of the V-1 because they had considered only solid fuel rockets, which could not attain the stated range of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb): 130 miles (209 km). However they later considered other types of engine, and by the time German scientists had achieved the needed accuracy to deploy the V-1 as a weapon, British intelligence had a very accurate assessment of it. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!

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