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Subj: Today in History - Jun 13
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1944
Germans launch V-1 rocket attack against Britain
On this day in 1944, Germany launches 10 of its new V1 rockets
against Britain from a position near the Channel coast. They
prove to be less than devastating.
Mired in the planning stages for a year, the V1 was a pilotless,
jet-propelled plane that flew by air-driven gyroscope and
magnetic compass, capable of unleashing a ton of cruise missile
explosives. Unfortunately for the Germans, the detonation process
was rather clumsy and imprecise, depending on the impact of the
plane as the engine quit and the craft crash-landed. They often
missed their targets.
This was certainly the case against Britain. Of the 10 V1, or
Reprisal 1, "flying bombs" shot at England, five crashed near the
launch site, and one was lost altogether_just four landed inside
the target country. Only one managed to take any lives: Six
people were killed in London. The Germans had hoped to also mount
a more conventional bombing raid against Britain at the same time
the V1s were hitting their targets_in the interest of heightening
the "terror" effect. This too blew up in their faces, as the
Brits destroyed the German bombers on the ground the day before
as part of a raid on German airfields.
73 - K.O., n0kfq
N0KFQ @ N0KFQ.#SWMO.MO.USA.NA
E-Mail: kohiggs@gmail.com
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