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.

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 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.

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 ...

The flying bomb was found last month by Research Resource, a private archaeological group run by brothers Colin and Sean Welch. Their research revealed that the V-1 was brought down by a Polish ...

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 ...

The V-1 "flying bomb" carrying about 1,000 pounds of explosives hit on June 13, 1944, near a railway bridge on Grove Road in south London, killing six and injuring 42.

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.