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undiscoverd photos ww2 part 2
- Thread starter Darkpurge
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Why start 2 threads?
Top photo= ultimate single shot.
couldnt get them to load all on one thread
yeah that's some good camera timing...
Pics #2, 3, and 4 depict a Spitfire "tipping" a V-1 missile.
The V-1 was an unmanned flying bomb used by the Germans during the later stages of WWII. They were basically a flying bomb with gyroscopic stabilization. At a predetermined time, the pulse jet engine would cut off and the craft would dive at the intended target.
To shoot one down, you had to stay a long distance away lest your aircraft be destroyed in the ensuing explosion. So the brave men of the generation learned that you could fly along side the incoming missile and use the wing of your aircraft to tip the wing of the V-1. Once you got to a certain point, the gyro couldn't control the thing any more and it would plummet out of control. So the idea was to tip them over the English channel or country side vs downtown London.
Bravery beyond imagination from the greatest generation...
The V-1 was an unmanned flying bomb used by the Germans during the later stages of WWII. They were basically a flying bomb with gyroscopic stabilization. At a predetermined time, the pulse jet engine would cut off and the craft would dive at the intended target.
To shoot one down, you had to stay a long distance away lest your aircraft be destroyed in the ensuing explosion. So the brave men of the generation learned that you could fly along side the incoming missile and use the wing of your aircraft to tip the wing of the V-1. Once you got to a certain point, the gyro couldn't control the thing any more and it would plummet out of control. So the idea was to tip them over the English channel or country side vs downtown London.
Bravery beyond imagination from the greatest generation...
Wow, that is interesting. I didn't know that. That would take some serious balls to attempt.
I agree. And some of the gents I have met from that generation had them. Big, clanging brass ones. That generation of men may have been the best this country ever produced.
