Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg
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The Fieseler Fi 103R, code-named Reichenberg, was a German manned version of the V-1 flying bomb. It was developed towards the end of the Second World War and was intended to be used as a human-guided
Fi 103R Reichenberg (without warhead) captured by British troops in 1945
Fieseler Fi 103R (with cockpit, in camouflage paint), to the right of a standard V-1 flying bomb (Fieseler Fi 103), at the Swiss Military Museum
The forward support pylon for the Reichenberg crewed V-1 resembles a broad-chord version of the American Loon's similar component
US troops inspect Fieseler Fi 103R at Neu Tramm 1945
Republic-Ford JB-2
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The Republic-Ford JB-2, also known as the Thunderbug, KGW and LTV-N-2 Loon, was an American copy of the German V-1 flying bomb. Developed in 1944, and planned to be used in the Allied invasion of Japa
Republic-Ford JB-2 at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. 2018
The pulsejet's forward support pylon's differing shape on the original V-1 ordnance
A JB-2 being inspected by USAAF personnel at Wendover AAF, 1944.
A JB-2 being prepared for a test launch at Holloman Air Force Base in May, 1948.