V-1 flying bomb
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The V-1 flying bomb was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry name was Fieseler Fi 103 and its suggestive name was Höllenhund. It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb
V-1 cutaway
Rear view of V-1 in IWM Duxford, showing launch ramp section
A V-1 on display in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris
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.