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Author : Peter G. Cooksley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Flying Bomb written by Peter G. Cooksley and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En udmærket redegørelse for den tyske opstilling og anvendelse af V-våbnet og for englændernes indsats herimod.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849089671
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first deployment of the V-1 was in June 1944 when, following two years of tests, Hitler gave the order to attack England. Known to the Allies as the "Buzz Bomb" or "Doodlebug", the V-1 was the world's first cruise missile. This book explores the V-1 in detail, from its initial concept, first use in 1944, the various Allied counter-measures, and the later use of the V-1 during the Battle of the Bulge. The major foreign derivatives, including the US copy "JB-2 Loon" and numerous post-war Soviet variants, are also covered.
Author : Peter Haining
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Flying Bomb War written by Peter Haining and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1942, the prototype German V2 rocket was launched. Two months later the V1 (or Doodlebug) was also fired. Together these two missiles were destined to attack England in a merciless onslaught. This text offers an insight into a significant part of World War II.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184908954X
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first deployment of the V-1 was in June 1944 when, following two years of tests, Hitler gave the order to attack England. Known to the Allies as the "Buzz Bomb" or "Doodlebug", the V-1 was the world's first cruise missile. This book explores the V-1 in detail, from its initial concept, first use in 1944, the various Allied counter-measures, and the later use of the V-1 during the Battle of the Bulge. The major foreign derivatives, including the US copy "JB-2 Loon" and numerous post-war Soviet variants, are also covered.
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Flying Bomb Points the Way to the War of the Future written by John Frederick Charles Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Nijboer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849087075
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb written by Donald Nijboer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A total of 10,500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack, of which 3,957 were destroyed by the defences. Indeed, it could have been much worse, for by the end of the war the Germans had manufactured close to 32,000 flying bombs. The defences put forward to guard against the V1 were formidable – 23,000 men and women with their guns, radar and communications networks were installed on coastal sites. Squadrons of Britain's newest Spitfires, the F XIVs, and Hawker Tempest Vs were kept at home to battle the new menace. Rushed into action in July 1944 to help counter the V1 threat, Britain's Gloster Meteor I was the first jet fighter to enter RAF service. On 4 August the Meteor scored its first V1 victory. Having just closed in on a flying bomb, its officer squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteor's superior speed, he was able to overtake the missile and, using his wing tip, he tipped the craft over and sent it crashing into the ground. The interceptions between the V1 and Britain's Gloster Meteor were historic, and ushered in a new era of aerial combat.
Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780962940
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book V1 Flying Bomb Aces written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after the Allied landings in France the Germans unleashed the first of their so-called 'revenge weapons', the V1 flying bomb. Launched from specially constructed sites in northern France, the fast, small, pulse-jet powered pilotless aircraft were aimed at London with the sole intent of destroying civilian morale to the point where the British government would be forced to sue for peace. This dangerous new threat drew an immediate response, and the Air Defence of Great Britain (as Fighter Command had been temporarily renamed) established layers of defence that included a gun line and balloon barrage. The main element, however, were standing patrols by the fastest piston-engined fighters available to the RAF – the new Tempest V and Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV. Other types were allocated too, most notably the Polish Mustang wing, while night defence was left in the capable hands of several dedicated Mosquito squadrons. Although pilotless, the V1 was no easy foe thanks to its speed, powerful warhead and sheer unpredictability. Nevertheless, 154 pilots became V1 aces, 25 of whom were also aces against manned aircraft.
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753154281
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Flying Bombs Over England written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new object appeared in the sky above England on the night of 12th June 1944, its noisy, fiery passage above the fields and orchards of Kent watched in amazement by a war-hardened people. It was the first attack by Hitler's long trumpeted secret weapon: the pilotless flying bomb. For the following 18 months, southern England was subjected to a steady rain of missiles. One of the young bomber pilots whose mission was to seek out the launching sites was H.E. Bates. His remarkable account is a wonderful tale of people in adversity, and of the courage of the airmen who faced a new weapon.
Author : Norman Longmate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Doodlebugs written by Norman Longmate and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bombardementerne over London skildres med dertilhørende skadevirkninger og befolkningens oplevelser og reaktioner. Indkøbskvarterer, skoler og hospitaler sønderbombes.
Author : GRAHAM A. THOMAS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526766779
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (667 download)
Download or read book HITLER'S TERROR FROM THE SK. written by GRAHAM A. THOMAS and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bob Ogley
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9781872337210
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Doodlebugs and Rockets written by Bob Ogley and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recreates the atmosphere of life as it was when the flying bombs - V1 and V2, or Doodlebug and Rocket - were launched by the Germans in a last-ditch effort to change the tide of World War II. Using photographs and maps from newspapers, museums and libraries, the book is a history of the weapons and includes many letters and anecdotes. The picture is completed by contemporary documents, statistics and colour photographs of some of those who played a leading part.
Author : Anon
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
ISBN 13 : 9781783318100
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Streatham's 41 written by Anon and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed record of the 41 V-1 flying bombs that fell on Streatham in the summer of 1944. Contains full details of each one describing their effect and how the Civil Defence dealt with them.
Author : John Oliver
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781987754759
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (547 download)
Download or read book The V1 written by John Oliver and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Oliver uses original German and British documents largely ignored as sources by previous writers to tell the complete story of the V1 flying bomb, in memory of the men and women who died during World War II collecting information about it, or manufacturing it, or attacking its launching sites, and for those who lived under the fear of it. It is also the story of the personnel of Flakregiment 155 (W), the only unit to fire the flying bomb, mainly conscripts who ended up by chance in a very hazardous posting. The V1 was so dangerous to fire and so unpredictable in its early trajectory that it was banned from being launched on German soil and the regiment suffered continual casualties - many of them fatal - simply in the line of daily duty. Leading it was a man who deserves to be recognised: Oberst Max Wachtel, an intelligent and able man, proud of his men and what they achieved, rising above all the hardships that came with working with a top secret and brand new weapon. And as it all comes to an end, the revelation of perhaps the most incredible love story of World War II.
Author : Joachim Engelmann
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887404085
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)
Download or read book V1 written by Joachim Engelmann and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1997-01-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the true land-marks of flight, this book covers its limited yet devastating use during WWII.
Author : Colin Dobinson
Publisher : Monuments of War
ISBN 13 : 9781848024755
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Operation Diver written by Colin Dobinson and published by Monuments of War. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Diver' is the story of a battle: its action, people, landscapes, and remains. The battle was Anti-Aircraft Command's attempt to defeat the V1 flying-bomb, the first of Nazi Germany's 'retribution' weapons, whose attacks dominated the home front in the final year of the Second World War. Beginning in the week of D-Day, the flying bomb battle lasted for nine months. In that time the men and women of AA Command became a massed, mobile army, shifting a vast carpet of guns to meet the V1's changing lines of attack. Beginning in Kent and Sussex, their journey took in the Thames Estuary, East Anglia and eventually the Yorkshire coast. Along with the RAF's fighter aircraft and the larger air defence system, their mission was to prevent a single flying bomb from reaching London, or any other British city. The battle was won; but not before many technical and human obstacles were overcome.
Author : Graham A. Thomas
Publisher : Pen & Sword
ISBN 13 : 9781844156849
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (568 download)
Download or read book Terror from the Sky written by Graham A. Thomas and published by Pen & Sword. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1944 the Germans launched more than 10,000 flying bombs at Britain most of them towards London. Thousands of people were killed many more injured. RAF fighter pilots flew round the clock patrols desperately trying to shoot the robot rockets down and stop them from reaching their targets. the introductory chapter of Buzz Bomb brings the reader right into the cockpits of the Tempests, Mosquitoes, Spitfires and Mustangs while setting the stage for the battle. From the launching pads in Northern France to panic in Whitehall as the menace grows, this book takes the reader through the day by day battle, not just with the pilots but also the Anti-Aircraft gunners who were blasting away at the flying bombs. Recollections from people who survived the buzz bomb attacks bring the battle into life as people tell about their fears and experiences. Was it a success? Was it worth the cost? Did it achieve it's objectives? Were all the efforts of the fighter pilots and gun crews trying to stop the dreaded flying bombs, worth it? Did they make a difference? Did they save lives? These questions will be answered in Terror from the Sky.
Author : Manfred Griehl
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1784380164
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)
Download or read book Luftwaffe Over America written by Manfred Griehl and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plans that Nazi Germany had to raid - and bomb - New York and the eastern seabord are revealed in this book. They were were based on the use of transoceanic aircraft planes, such as the six-engined Ju 390, Me 264 or Ta 400, but the Third Reich was unable to produce such machines in sufficient numbers. If the Soviet Union had been conquered, however, these plans would have become a reality. With the seizure of vital resources from the Soviet Union the Wehrmacht would have had enough fuel and material to mass-produce giant bomber aircraft: it was a near run thing. The collapse of the Wehrmacht infrastructure and the end of the Thousand-Year Reich ensured that plans for long-range remote-controlled missiles never got off the drawing board and were never manufactured. Manfried Griehl makes it clear that until the collapse, numerous secret research laboratories seemed to have worked in parallel seeking nuclear power and explosives. Only classified material held within British, French and American archives can prove whether these groups were close to perfecting small atomic explosives. But, without a shadow of doubt, Germany was far more technologically advanced by the end of 1944 that has been previously suspected.
