Day, London was struck by an eerie new sound - the first V-1 flying bomb. Unlike Luftwaffe bombers, this weapon didn’t need a ...

As much as he's known for building rear-engined sports cars later in life, the V-1 Flying Bomb is the kind of project Ferdinand Porsche embarked on in the 40's.

The V-1 was the first "cruise missile" and was powered by a simple jet engine and carried a 1,870lb warhead. Launched from northern France it could travel at 400mph with a range of up to 150 miles.

Modern cruise missiles are incredibly advanced weapons of war, but they're far removed from the weapon's first generation. The first cruise missile ever invented was the V-1 flying bomb developed ...

Visitors to the Lashenden Air Memorial Museum at the weekend will have the chance to see a piloted German flying bomb which was developed, but never operationally deployed, during World War II.

The Guard's Chapel V-1 Flying Bomb by cornwallcsv. You are browsing in: ... In the middle of the morning, a V-1 cut out over us and there was a severe explosion in the vicinity.

The V-1 was an unmanned flying bomb, using an internal gyroscope navigation system that could be programmed to hit a specific target. It was known by many as the "Doodlebug" because of the buzzing ...

Visitors to the Lashenden Air Memorial Museum at the weekend will have the chance to see a piloted German flying bomb which was developed, but never operationally deployed, during World War II.