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Guillows Series 400 - Spitfire by BillParker. Viewed 1545 times. Build Thread  Prev Click image to return. Image Comments BillParker 29-Jul-11 13:30 BillParker 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. Xanadu 29-Jul-11 15:25 Just another days work to them at the time. BillParker 29-Jul-11 16:21 "Never have so few..." Please sign in to comment on this image.