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'Bumping' a Doodlebug was considered highly dangerous. But did it actually happen? https://www.forces.net/n...lly-ram-v1-bombs-out-sky
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Thats True  they used the wings to knock the V1 of its path  regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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tigerace wrote:Thats True they used the wings to knock the V1 of its path regards Phil Those pilots were a lot braver than i would be given the same circumstances 
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Yes, definitely all true, some of the history programs on 'Yesterday' have had interviews with veteran pilots where they described how they did it! Raymond Baxter who co-hosted the BBC's Tomorrow's World series was a fighter pilot during the war and he described how he took part in a fighter sweep over a V2 site in northern France in 1944. As they roared over a V2 was in the process of being launched and Raymond's wingman loosed off a burst of cannon fire at it - the only recorded instance of a ballistic missile in flight having been engaged by a conventional fighter aircraft. As Raymond said later - "I dread to think what would have happened if he'd hit it!" Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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I am fairly sure I have seen film footage of it being done somewhere but it definitely happened although many squadrons banned it I believe http://www.dailymail.co....course-planes-wing.html
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