German V1 Flying rocket instructional video

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In 1942, the Luftwaffe, aware of the development of a long-range rocket by the German army, began intensive development of a rival weapon.

The Flying Rocket entered service ahead of the Army 's rocket and became known as the V-1.

Launched from ramps situated in the Pas de Calais, Flying Rockets were used to attack London in an offensive that commenced on June 13th 1944.

Basically simple in design, the Flying Rocket was an economical and effective weapon of war. Traveling at speeds of up to 440 mph, it severely tested the air-defences of England.

In early September 1944, the Flying Rocket launch sites were overrun by advancing Allied armies. In a three-month offensive, the Rockets killed over 5,000 Londoners, maiming and wounding many thousands more.

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[daxtonbrown]

As a mechanical engineer who has long been interested in pulse jet designs, it's the analog control systems that are the real eye opener. This wasn't a dumb device.

[saschafunk]

Von der Flugbombe habe ich schon viel gehört, aber noch nie so eine Gebrauchsanleitung gesehen. Danke.

[garyquinn]

This is an incredibly interesting technical video. The engineering minds who conceived of this device were utterly brilliant. And I say this as someone whose both parents were in London during WWII. Despite that, I can still appreciate the engineering skill of men who could develop this sort of thing without computers, without simulation software, and under the pressure of wartime restrictions.
Both the rocket engine (simple, ultra reliable, but very effective) and the control unit, resembling a modern aerospace control unit, are the most intriguing subsystems.
Thankyou for making this available.

[lavi]

Muss unheimlich laut sein dieses Brummen der V1, einfach nur geile Technik, was man da so entwickelt hat.

[davebuck]

I find it amazing that such films survive. Thanks for preserving and distributing them.

[leokimvideo]

Amazing technology, so ahead of any one else in the war

[kek]

Didnt know this thing was so advanced. I knew about the Gyro Compass but all these different detonators and the fact that it had a radio signal sent out upon inpact to determine the location is just insane

[erichmielke]

world class high tech at the time - this is the grand daddy of all cruise missiles ! Thanks for sharing !

[markfryer]

I knew most of the story about the V1 but I was not aware of just how sophisticated the control mechanisms were, nor that the missiles could be steered anything up to 60 degrees left or right of the main bearing of the launch ramp. I thought that the method of sealing up the groove in the launch ramp was simple and workable.

[dischargedarrowgetback]

German engineers are geniuses when it comes to making machines. The world's first cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and unmanned attack aircraft are all German inventions.Moreover, the world's first unmanned attack aircraft was also the world's first jet aircraft.

[stevenclarke]

It was really a very highly technical piece of engineering. The flight control system was quite remarkable and cutting-edge technology.

[GBOtech-ukraine]

I`ve been at German Technology Museum in Berlin and seen a lot of technologies that were far away from the other world... V1, V2, a flying wing and lot`s of others. It was really interesting to see how Germany`s technologies were evolving through the centuries... Thank you for this video

[wtxrailfan]

I don't know hardly any German, but I understood everything this guy was talking about. Nice vintage V-1 training film.

[nmsu]

My grandad spent his time during WWII in the RAF and was a qualified Spitfire and Hurricane technician. He passed in 2003. He was always interested in technology and cutting edge designs. He was born in 1921 and I was born in 1987, he owned the SNES, SEGA and playstation 1 before me, I had his hand me downs when he had the next console until in 1997 he bought me a PS1 with a game called rascal included and also bought me tomb raider 2. In short, I wish he could have seen this now. He would have loved to have seen the tech propelling this thing. He was very pragmatic and didn't see Germany as being an evil country like was portrayed in propaganda, similar to how Russia is seen as an evil nation because of the rotten apple at the top. Thanks for posting.

[robo]

thank you for uploading this fantastic footage

[Johnno]

A friend of mine who grew up in London during the war told me how terrifying the 'buzz bombs' were.
He said if you heard the engine noise you were fine, but when it went silent you literally had seconds to live before it crashed and exploded.
I can't imagine living under that kind of stress.

[MrGeorg]

Very advanced for the time. Give credits for the Germans of setting the way for cruise missiles. Now I understand why Americans and Russians were desperate to get these German engineers at the end of the war.

[Peter-lmic]

I was 13 years old when the war ended and lived in SE London so I well recall the V1 Flying Bomb, or as we used to call it the doodlebug. It caused in SE London the second evacuation of children and I was sent, with my school friends up to Blundeston in Suffolk. The collection point for road transport to catch the train from London Liverpool Street station was Eltham Hill Girls school. I recall standing outside and saw a V1 puntering overhead, it flew into the distance, the engine cut, and it went vertically down and up came a cloud of smoke and the bang. The coach on it's way to London passed part way along Lewisham High Street the over half was utter detestation the bomb having hit Woolworth's where over 100 people were killed I believe. As I child I must admit I did'nt realist the horror of it all, considering it all exciting stuff and was reluctant to be evacuated again. But that's another story! It all seems a long time ago now. It was thought at the time that on impact the V1 tended to have a greater blast effect particularly on impacting roads than bombs and for it size even the V2 rocket but that did create a huge crater.

[jairojesusdiazroa]

The German engineers were very smart. The radio signal, send to the end of the fly allow them collect some parameters for tuning for the next fly.

[richardvallonjr.]

My Dad was a Private in WWII and spent the night in Belgium. One of these fell short and blew out the windows in the factory he was sleeping in, blowing the windows out and covering his sleeping bag in glass. A hard sleeper- he woke up the next morning and wondered what happened.