November 19, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I recieved this request from a friend this morning and he is looking for pgotos etc of a Rare Piloted V1 weapon, can anyone help him?
I work with the Canadian War Museum in my spare time (the little that there is) and I have been tasked with the restoration of a very rare Feisler Fi-103 IV Reichenberg ( a piloted version of the V1).
I have been researching this machine for quite some time only to find that there is very little available on this machine. The internet has be scoured and picked clean of all useful pictures and information and I have been in contact with several people in Germany and England looking for assistance. Unfortunately a couple of people in Germany who possess all the information I require are only willing to share it if they are given a contract to restore our machine. Given the huge cost involved, this is something that just isn’t going to happen.
As a result, I am having to reconstruct an entire cockpit, a nose section and a set of wings from a handful of old and a few new photographs. I an missing a lot of detail, needless to say, however there is one avenue that would be of immense help.
Paul Allen has a Reichenberg in his collection that is on display in Washington. With your WIX contacts, is there anyone who might be persuaded to drop by his collection and take photographs of his example for me? Detail shots of the wings (ailerons and hinges especially), rudder, nose section and well, basically the whole machine would let me reverse engineer a lot of stuff that’s required. I don’t think cockpit shots are allowed, but in the off chance they are or could be arranged, then I would obviously be quite pleased to receive them. I can’t have enough shots of the machine as it’s the details that count here. I will pay for the cost of copying the pics to a cd and for the shipping if required
By: Peter - 19th November 2008 at 18:39
Great links thanks very much!
Thanks TT
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 19th November 2008 at 18:35
Contact the Lashenden Air Warfare Museum – they have a manned V1 – it has recently been sent to Germany for refurbishment/restoration, which, when I spoke to them a few weeks back included the replacement of original parts missing since the war. There is a german V1 guru and he is the chap doing the work on theirs – suggest you contact them to obtain his details.
TT
By: Newforest - 19th November 2008 at 17:55
Idly looked at your question not expecting to be of any help, but how is this for starters!:D
http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/books/general/aeropublishers/index.htm
Probably the same picture here.