V1 Flying Bomb

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The V-1 flying bomb, Fieseler Fi 103, was the first of the Vergeltungswaffe (Vengeance weapon) also known as the “buzz bomb” or “doodlebug,”, and was a revolutionary weapon developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was a jet-powered missile designed for long-range attacks, primarily aimed at London and other Allied cities.

V1 Flying Bomb Launch Site nr. 528 – Nijverdal, the Netherlands

This is a partial reconstruction of the former V1 launch site located here that launched V1 bombs towards …

Posted March 29, 2025 (updated April 27, 2025) by Pascal

V1 Flying bomb Ski Site – Launch and Storage Facility – Val Ygot, Ardouval, France

The V1 launch site Val Ygot lies in the Eawy forest near Ardouval and Pommerval. It was set …

Posted May 15, 2024 (updated April 21, 2025) by Patrick

V1 Flying Bomb Ski Site – Launch and Storage Facility – Bois des Huit-Rues, Le Nieppe, France

The V1 launch location was set up in the Bois des Huit-Rues (Eng. Huit-Rues forest) just north of …

Posted April 18, 2024 (updated August 11, 2025) by Patrick

V1 Flying Bomb, Fieseler Fi 103 – German Cruise Missile

On 13 June 1944 an new weapon was launched again Britain. The Germans created the world’s first ever …

Posted April 8, 2023 (updated March 1, 2025) by Patrick

Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. …

Posted November 3, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick

KZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

To compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put …

Posted August 20, 2014 (updated March 3, 2025) by Pascal

V3 Cannon Test Ramps at former Laatziger Ablage, Misdroy – Zalesie, Poland

The development of the V-3 weapon, was yet another Third Reich Vengeance project aiming to unleish it's reign …

Posted March 27, 2013 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal

Ehrenmal in Karlshagen – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

This is the memorial in Karlshagen. During the 60's, on the southside of this cemetery a mass grave …

Posted November 21, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal

Historisch- Technisches Museum Peenemünde, Germany

The Historisches Technisches Museum Peenemünde Im Kraftwerk is largely situated on the grounds of the power plant of …

Posted October 7, 2012 (updated April 21, 2025) by Pascal

V1 Katapult Prüfstände – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and …

Posted September 27, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal

Prüfstand VII, Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 …

Posted September 11, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal