Trip to a V-1 Lauch site

V-1 being rolled out to the ramp.

Trip to a V-1 Lauching site just south of Cherbourg, France.

The V-1 Flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe) was developed at Peenemünde Airfield by the German Luftwaffe, during the war.

The first launched at London the 13 of June 1944.

Almost 2000 was fired in total.

Numbers of killed approx. 23.000 in total.

Specifications:

Manufactured by: The Gerhard Fieseler Werke

In Service: 1944-45

Length: 8.32 m

Weight: 2.150 kg

Height: 1.42 m

Width: 5.37 m

Warhead: Amatol-39

Warhead Weight: 850kg

Range: 250 km

Speed: 640 km/h

Air Ceiling: between 600 to 900 m

Guidance System: Gyrocompass based autopilot

View of the V-1 Flying Bomb at the Grand Bunker Museum at Juno Beach.

View of the V-1 Flying Bomb V-1 Launch Site with view of the main building and guards bunker.

View of the V-1 Ramp (pointing towards England)





Front view of one of the Guards Bunker

Close up of the Main V-1 building, this is where the V-1 was prepared for launch, adjusted etc.

View of the Ramp from the side.