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| BillParker, Comment for image # 23329 | 29 Jul 11 16:21 |
| "Never have so few..." |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 23329 | 29 Jul 11 15:25 |
| Just another days work to them at the time. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 23329 | 29 Jul 11 13:30 |
| Spitfire "tipping-off" a V1. If you've never heard of this insane tactic...
At first V1's were shot down by gunfire. Optimum range was inside 200yds,
which was marginal for survival. Many planes were damaged and quite a few
pilots killed. Basically at such high speed and low altitude a plane had to
fly though the explosion and hope.
With the high risk of being blown up some of the best pilots started tipping
the V1's wing, because of damage to wing tips they later developed a tactic
of disrupting the airflow by placing their wing very close to the V1's wing,
causing it to topple.
Not every pilot did this. At night this was not possible, the flame from the
V1 blinded the pilot to everything else, though some Mossie pilots flew past
closely in front of the V1, again causing it to topple. The thought of doing
this at 450mph, 4,000 feet above the ground, at night and being blinded
gives me the willies. |
| BillParker, Image # 23329 | 29 Jul 11 13:30 |
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| aceshot, Comment for image # 10969 | 13 Mar 09 17:29 |
| super super spitfire bang bang bang (fantastic) |
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