Concur with Nick, only KG.3 and KG.53 were involved operationally launching V-1s. Peter Smith's "Air Launched Doodlebugs" is an excellent reference work on the subject
Wonderful CGI in this one, and unlike some YT posts this sticks pretty much to the facts. Pity they didn't show the dead cows the B-24 killed as it crash-landed, but hey - got to consider how that might traumatise YT viewers and animal loving vegans. Also Ivor described how two of the engines...
Back in the 80s aviation archaeologist the late Alan Brown from Kent, UK located the crash site and recovered some small pieces. There is an exhibition of small parts, including some parachute cords and a harness buckle on display in the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, UK
A year later those figures would have been vastly different with RAF Bomber Command heavies engaged in the "Battle of Berlin" and taking significant losses. Interesting list though, thanks
It might be helpful if you could identify the beach where the relic was found. There were not too many German aircraft brought down over/off there and I can look at possible candidates.
"Rose of York" (306BG Thurleigh) went down in the N Sea coming back from Berlin, 3 Feb 1945. All the crew plus a BBC radio correspondent were lost without trace. There is a beautiful "coloured in" pic of this in "Mighty Eighth in Colour" by the late RAF.
Just had a major input of "At War" books with a number of interesting BD pictures.
No.3 is a first: Jap a/c which survived a ramming attack on a B-29 (some of the B-29 wreckage was reportedly displayed alongside it)
Comments welcomed.
BC
Some excellent NEW pictures for the collection there !
The Wimpy hit by the 250 lb UXB was a completely new incident to me.
The first Halifax I believe to be Halifax B.II Series I JD146 'B' of 10 Sqn which was repeatedly attacked by a Ju 88 night-fighter on 2 August 1943 during night ops...