V1 Flying Bomb

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The V-1 flying bomb, Fieseler Fi 103, was the first of the Vergeltungswaffe (Vengeance weapon). It was the first cruise missile in the world launched from Nazi occupied territories on England, particularly London.

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 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 September 6, 2024) 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 March 9, 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

Memory Vrijheidsmuseum – Nijverdal, the Netherlands

The Memory Vrijheidsmuseum in Nijverdal tells the story of WW2 with a focus on the region of Overijssel. …

Posted February 12, 2022 (updated February 23, 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

D-Day: Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer, France

This museum traces the period of the Allied landings on D-Day in Normandy until the liberation of Paris. …

Posted May 23, 2017 (updated February 20, 2025) by Pascal

NMM – National Military Museum – Soesterberg Air Base Park, Netherlands

The NMM or National Military Museum is one of the largest museums of the Dutch armed forces. Both …

Posted January 14, 2016 (updated March 29, 2025) by Pascal

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 February 23, 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