But, as I posted before, the V-1 had NO ability to come after an attacker, as a
manned aircraft could. I suspect a number of Allied attacker aircraft were also
damaged by the German manned bomber blowing up, and vice-versa. I don't think
the air-to-air combat description is any more correct for an attack on a V-1
than, for example, an attack by an Iraqui MIG on a Tomahawk.
-J
Walter Houghton wrote:
> Well, if you count when the 1st attacks on the V1 were started, they found
> that shooting at it was leathal!!!! The explosion often created a fireball
> worse than german 88's. Often the attacking aircraft would take hits, due
> to the flying debris of the explosion. Not until the method of tipping was
> used. The pilot would fly up next to the V1, using his wing tip. Lift the
> wing of the V1, causing the gyro to go out of kilter. The V1, gyro could
> not recover it and the V1 would crash into the english countryside.
>
> Jeff
>
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