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Originally Posted by Swagger7
I heard that it was pretty common. The wings wouldn't actually touch, as the airflow from the fighter's wing was sufficient to push over the V-1 without making physical contact. Once the V-1 was tipped out of the horizontal, its gyroscopes would go berserk and it would crash. Intercepting V-1s often fell to Gloster Meteors, as they could match the buzz bomb's speed.
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That is what I got off the Wikipedia article, which isn't very well written. I figure it had to have happened at least once, hence the photo.
08-17-2009, 08:20 AM
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