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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
A Spitfire prepares to flip the wing of a V1 and send it spiraling into the ground.
That is an awesome photograph. I sometimes think of all the sacrifices that the Western Allies (Canada, U.S., Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand) made in the fight against Germany (factory workers, airmen, soldiers, sailors, thousands of unnamed persons in logistical support, etc.). These people came together in a concerted effort to achieve a common goal only to hand their countries and freedoms over to godless heathens, liberals, socialist, deep state one worlders seventy years later. What a shame.
I'm an avid military history and aviation buff and I'm a geezer. I have never seen this photograph. What's more, it is way better quality an closeup than was possible in that day. So, I agree, it's false.
That said, Spitfires, Mustangs and Thunderbolts did make a practice of doing this when encountering a V1 that they could catch. It was much safer than shooting it which typically caused the warhead to detonate in front of the fighter.
I found this. https://www.forces.net/heritage/wwii/how-spitfire-pilots-really-rammed-v1-bomb-out-sky
A lively debate was sparked online around the subject in 2018 after Hanger 7 Art, which features historical military digital aviation art by Mark Donoghue, posted one of its creations on social media showing how the Spitfire vs V1 wing tipping might have looked mid-flight.
The photo is real and this was the "adopted" practice of taking out V-1's when it was possible. RAF Command would locate and course incoming buzz bombs. Then fighters would be scrambled to intercept them if possible. The pilot would wait till the German menace was over some part of England that was void or near void of humans and wing tip the V-1 crashing it into the earth.
Yahoo search? Please follow the link supplied above which goes to the Artists web page and that describes it as a 'representation'. It's art. It's digital art.
We visited a V-1 launching site in France near the English channel. About 7 miles west of the town of Neufchatel-en-Bray. They still have one sitting up on the launch rail. Assembly buildings and other artifacts. Name of place is "V1 Stellung Val Ygot".
They made them crash out in the countryside, before reaching London. Btw, the RAF planes didn't actually touch the V1 wings, but merely disrupted the airflow enough to disturb the flying bomb's auto pilot. Worked fine.
It is a V1, not a V2. The V2 was a supersonic rocket, not a pulse jet.
ReplyDeleteWell... the heading states V1..??
ReplyDeleteCorrected to V1
DeleteIncredible picture.
ReplyDeletePhotoShop, I believe.
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DeleteThat's the actual practice, but the pic is a digital rendering artist's conception.
DeleteThat is an awesome photograph. I sometimes think of all the sacrifices that the Western Allies (Canada, U.S., Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand) made in the fight against Germany (factory workers, airmen, soldiers, sailors, thousands of unnamed persons in logistical support, etc.). These people came together in a concerted effort to achieve a common goal only to hand their countries and freedoms over to godless heathens, liberals, socialist, deep state one worlders seventy years later. What a shame.
ReplyDeletem9777: Amen!
DeleteWhat rubbish. Go study history.
DeleteI'm an avid military history and aviation buff and I'm a geezer. I have never seen this photograph. What's more, it is way better quality an closeup than was possible in that day. So, I agree, it's false.
ReplyDeleteThat said, Spitfires, Mustangs and Thunderbolts did make a practice of doing this when encountering a V1 that they could catch. It was much safer than shooting it which typically caused the warhead to detonate in front of the fighter.
My DAD ww2 pilot TBM's Had his gunner take all kinds of pictures, They were just as clear as KODAK can make 400asa black and white. STFU.
ReplyDeletem9777: I agree. Photo recon. In WWII used state of the art equip. Germans had even better equipment until we stole and copied it.
DeleteI found this.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.forces.net/heritage/wwii/how-spitfire-pilots-really-rammed-v1-bomb-out-sky
A lively debate was sparked online around the subject in 2018 after Hanger 7 Art, which features historical military digital aviation art by Mark Donoghue, posted one of its creations on social media showing how the Spitfire vs V1 wing tipping might have looked mid-flight.
It was a flying warhead, any pilot would want it to explode at a couple of thousand feet AGL rather than hit the ground.
ReplyDeleteThe photo is real and this was the "adopted" practice of taking out V-1's when it was possible. RAF Command would locate and course incoming buzz bombs. Then fighters would be scrambled to intercept them if possible. The pilot would wait till the German menace was over some part of England that was void or near void of humans and wing tip the V-1 crashing it into the earth.
Deletehttps://www.redbubble.com/people/hangar7art/works/30449691-tipping-point-cropped?irclickid=RK2zviXyGxyIUovR44wl%3A2o8UkDxa0xYmxt2y00&irgwc=1&utm_group=RBC&utm_source=Impact&utm_medium=brand_awareness&PartnerType=pt.aff&PartnerCategory=&Region=&PartnerID=77643
ReplyDeleteAccording to this, the photo was taken in 1944.
ReplyDeletehttps://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=spitfire+tipping+a+V-1+image&fr=mcafee&type=E211US714G0&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psywarrior.com%2FSpitfireV1WingTip.jpg#id=11&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F1c%2Ff7%2F8c%2F1cf78c8cca822647801e9d443ef34af6.jpg&action=click
Yahoo search?
DeletePlease follow the link supplied above which goes to the Artists web page and that describes it as a 'representation'. It's art. It's digital art.
We visited a V-1 launching site in France near the English channel. About 7 miles west of the town of Neufchatel-en-Bray. They still have one sitting up on the launch rail. Assembly buildings and other artifacts. Name of place is "V1 Stellung Val Ygot".
ReplyDeletetipping them over the channel I get, not over blighty.
ReplyDeleteThey made them crash out in the countryside, before reaching London. Btw, the RAF planes didn't actually touch the V1 wings, but merely disrupted the airflow enough to disturb the flying bomb's auto pilot. Worked fine.
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