G’day gents
I’ve just discovered that the USAAF conducted air-launch tests of the JB-2 (Americanized Fieseler Fi 103 – aka V-1 buzz bomb) cruise missiles from Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses & B-29 Superfortresses – I believe in preparation for the invasion of Japan.
Does anyone have pictures of these combinations?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Pioneer
By: Flanker_man - 19th January 2013 at 10:57
The V-1 (as the KGW-1 ‘Loon’) was also fired from the surfaced US Navy submarine USS Cusk……
See :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cusk_%28SS-348%29
Ken
By: Bager1968 - 19th January 2013 at 01:07
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/B17/B17.htm
Tin Triangle’s links: (the first one is available in a much larger version at the flickr site by choosing “original” via this link) http://www.flickr.com/photos/amphalon/5531255071/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Alternate site for http://mcfisher.0catch.com/scratch/v1/loon_b29.jpg
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/B-29/JB-2.jpg
And the original for http://mcfisher.0catch.com/scratch/v1/loon_b29.jpg
By: Tin Triangle - 18th January 2013 at 12:38
All Google can come up with is this:
http://mcfisher.0catch.com/scratch/v1/loon_b29.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5019/5531255071_2334228eb3_z.jpg
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January 18, 2013 at 10:32 am