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ISBN
9781783468898
Genre
Algemeen
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13-04-2007
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Engels
Uitgever
Pen & Sword Books
Auteur(s)
Peter C. Smith
Air-Launched Doodlebugs
The Forgotten Campaign
Peter C. Smith
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The
V
1,
or
Doodlebug
or
Flying-bomb
came
into
use
in
June
1944
and,
together
with
the
V
2
Rocket,
was
Hitlers
final
hope
in
face
of
the
advancing
Allied
forces
sweeping
across
Europe
towards
Germany.
Of
the
8,000
that
were
launched
within
the
first
80
days,
some
2,300
reached
the
London
area
where
they
caused
more
death
and
destruction
to
its
population
and
buildings.
As
the
front
line
moved
eastwards,
many
of
the
ground-based
launch
ramps
became
denied
to
the
German
forces
and
the
modest
range
of
the
missile
meant
that
other
means
of
launching
must
be
considered
to
continue
the
threat.
An
air-launching
system,
utilizing
the
Luftwaffes
Heinkel
111
bomber,
was
developed
and
operated
by
the
newly
formed
Kampfgeschwader
units.
This
posed
a
dramatic
new
threat
to
the
UK
because
the
V
1s
effective
range
was
considerably
increased
and
its
mobile
firing
point
offered
a
much
greater
target
area
when
fired
from
an
aircraft
flying
over
the
North
Sea.
This
is
the
story
of
the
development
and
operation
of
this
new
form
of
attack
and
also
of
the
Allied
reaction
and
defense-measures
taken
to
minimize damage.
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