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That is a German V1 rocket propelled bomb. No worries as long as you could hear the engine running. When it stopped it was a glider and the engine thrust was designed to keep it flying level. When the fuel ran out it immediately nosed over in a straight down dive.
Dark Alley Dan
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No timer - just carefully limited fuel.
"50 litres = London."
"50 litres = London."
THey used rocket assist launch to get them in the air...after that, as previously mentioned crude jet engines...
I believe they used to call them "Farewell Motherland!"
From the building in the background this might have been taken at a training facility. Probably late 41 or early 42, before the officer's got their shoulder boards back. There's even one guy in that peaked cap that looks like a Pickelhaube fifth back in the 2nd row from the left.
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I belive that it was origionally called a Ramjet.
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Dark Alley Dan
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Man, that poor, patient elephant.
Here's another use for the Argus pulsejet:
Take two floats for a JU52, build a structure between 'em, install a very simple cabin, pack it with explosives, and then power the whole thing with a very loud and unsubtle engine, and you have the Tornado man-guided Sprengboot!
Never used operationally. The poor slob driving was expected to point it at an enemy ship, then jump off and await rescue, which seems unlikely in the midst of an enemy fleet you've just attacked.
Here's another use for the Argus pulsejet:
Take two floats for a JU52, build a structure between 'em, install a very simple cabin, pack it with explosives, and then power the whole thing with a very loud and unsubtle engine, and you have the Tornado man-guided Sprengboot!
Never used operationally. The poor slob driving was expected to point it at an enemy ship, then jump off and await rescue, which seems unlikely in the midst of an enemy fleet you've just attacked.
No, a Ramjet and a Pulse jet are two separate engine types. The Pulsejet has shutters on the front end that keeps the flame and thrust from going forward (back firing) out of the air intake. The Ramjet has no shutters and uses forward speed to keep the flame going out the back end. Crude description but basically that,s the difference.
My father's step-father was a 'Gebirgsjager' and also a Bavarian. He survived the war but had to walk home to southern Germany from Greece. They almost didn't recognize him when he showed up at home one evening. Super skinny, fithly ragged clothes. He became a police officer in Augsburg post war but died in the late '50's. Still much better than some of his mates fared, though.
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Dark Alley Dan
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I've got to think that that nose gunner/bombadier station would be both fantastic (what a great view!) and incredibly awful (when being shot at). The sense of vulnerability would be profound.
Wasn't much better on other aircraft of the time:
B17:
B25:
The Lanc:
No matter how you cut it, I guess aircrew was both a glamourous gig and the absolutely worst thing you'd ever do in your life, assuming you got to have one.
Wasn't much better on other aircraft of the time:
B17:
B25:
The Lanc:
No matter how you cut it, I guess aircrew was both a glamourous gig and the absolutely worst thing you'd ever do in your life, assuming you got to have one.
