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Fieseler V-1 and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound).
It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and Maikäfer
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Fieseler Fi V-1 and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound).
It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and Maikäfer
The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) name was Fieseler Fi 103 and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound). It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and Maikäfer (maybug). The V-1 was the first of the Vergeltungswaffen (V-weapons) deployed for the terror bombing of London. It was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Center in 1942 by the Luftwaffe, and during initial development was known by the codename "Cherry Stone". Due to its limited range, the thousands of V-1 missiles launched into England were fired from launch sites along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts or by modified Heinkel He 111 aircraft.
Description
The V-1 was designed under the codename Kirschkern (cherry stone)[15] by Lusser and Gosslau, with a fuselage constructed mainly of welded sheet steel and wings built of plywood. The simple, Argus-built pulsejet engine pulsed 50 times per second,[2] and the characteristic buzzing sound gave rise to the colloquial names "buzz bomb" or "doodlebug" (a common name for a wide variety of flying insects). It was known briefly in Germany (on Hitler's orders) as Maikäfer (May bug literally "May" + "chafer") and Krähe (crow).[16]
Power plant
Main article: Argus As 014
The Argus pulsejet's major components included the nacelle, fuel jets, flap valve grid, mixing chamber venturi, tail pipe, and spark plug. Compressed air rather than a fuel pump forced gasoline from the 640 L (140 imp gal; 170 US gal) fuel tank through the fuel jets which consisted of three banks of three atomizers. These nine atomizing nozzles were in front of the air inlet valve system where it mixed with air before entering the chamber. A throttle valve, connected to altitude and ram pressure instruments, controlled fuel flow. Schmidt's spring-controlled flap valve system provided an efficient straight path for incoming air. The flaps momentarily closed after each explosion, the resultant gas compressed in the venturi chamber, and its tapered portion accelerated the exhaust gases creating thrust. The operation proceeded at a rate of 42 cycles per second. .
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Gerhard Fieseler Werke Fieseler V-1
and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound).
It was also known to the Allies
as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and Maikäfer
Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW)
Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) V-1 flying bomb
(German: Vergeltungswaffe 1
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Blitz (12 months) vs V-1 flying bombs (2¾ months) Blitz V-1 1. Cost to Germany Sorties 90,000 8,025 Weight of bombs tons 61,149 14,600 Fuel consumed tons 71,700 4,681 Aircraft lost 3,075 0 Personnel lost 7,690 0 2. Results Structures damaged/destroyed 1,150,000 1,127,000 Casualties 92,566 22,892 Rate casualties/bombs tons 1.6 1.6 3. Allied air effort Sorties 86,800 44,770 Aircraft lost 1,260 351 Personnel lost 2,233 805
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Type: Air-to-Surface Manned Missile
Crew: 1 man
Length: 7.9 m
Wingspan: 5.3 m
Diameter: m
Weight: kg
Engine: 1 × Argus As 109-014 pulse jet engine producing up to 300 kg of thrust
Maximum speed: 645 km/h
Range: 370 km
Warhead: 850 kg Amatol 39
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Launch Platform: He 111
Operators: Luftwaffe
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Fieseler Fi 103
Fieseler Fi 103R
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The Fieseler Fi 103R (Reichenberg) was World War 2 piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb these were intended to be suicide missions. The idea came from Hanna Reitsch, world famous woman pilot and Otto Skorzeny, although this idea was scorned upon. It was still pursued and various aircraft types were considered for possible adaption as piloted missiles, but it was decided to convert Fieseler Fi 103 to a piloted version.
Gerhard Fieseler Werke V-1 Vergeltungswaffe 1
The Swiss Air Force, as well as several other European countries, continued to use the Storch
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The Swiss Air Force, as well as several other mountainous European countries, continued to use the Storch
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