V1 GUIDANCE SYSTEM

BRIEFING FILE Under the skin of aviation technology and tactics How Nazi Germany developed an effective ‘robot’ guidance and control system WORDS: JAMES KIGHTLY ARTWORK: IAN BOTT A famous image of a V1’s gyros being toppled by the disturbed airflow from an attacking Spitfire. VIA JAMES KIGHTLY The Fieseler Fi103, or V1, was a remarkable development in the history of war: the first successful major use of unmanned flying bombs. Of almost 10,500 launched at London, 2,500 managed to get