The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1" [a]) was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation was Fieseler Fi 103 [3] and its suggestive name was Höllenhund . It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug [4] [b] and Maikäfer . [c]

A flying bomb is a manned or unmanned aerial vehicle or aircraft carrying a large explosive warhead, a precursor to contemporary cruise missiles. In contrast to a bomber aircraft, which is intended to release bombs and then return to its base for re-use, a flying bomb crashes into its target and is therefore destroyed in its attack.

Oct 15, 2024 · On June 13, 1944, the citizens of London awoke to an eerie but puzzling buzz approaching the city. The morning stillness was shattered when the buzzing stopped and a strange aircraft...

Feb 6, 2015 · On June 18, one struck the Guards Chapel near St. James Park (about 100 yards from Buckingham Palace) killing 141. In the wake of the tragedy, newspapers finally confirmed what many had already surmised: the British capital was under attack by guided rockets.

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At 7:47 a.m., a V-1 flying bomb —or “buzz” bomb —emerged from the haze over Sloane Court East, a short residential road in Chelsea, London. In an act that reportedly saved some lives, the commander of the 130th Chemical Processing Company, a U.S. Army company stationed on Sloane Court, shouted for his troops to take cover.

The British and Americans called the missile the Buzz Bomb because of the buzzing noise of its air-breathing pulsejet engine, and also the Flying Bomb, Doodle Bug, and Robot Bomb. The V-1's air-breathing pulsejet concept had several precursors.

The Fieseler Fi 103 or more commonly known as the V-1 flying bomb was designed as a (Vergeltungswaffe 1) retaliation weapon by Germany during the Second World War. The V-1 was known by many names Buzz bomb, Doodlebug, Flying Bomb, Robot Bomb, Fieseler Fi 103.

Sunday 13 August 1944 — 00.19 hrs. The first flying bomb mentioned in the record incidents appeared on this day. The last V1 launched from the Pas-De-Calais was shot down over Hythe. The...

The "Flying Bomb" was to fly in a straight line to a preset distance (measured in flight by a "distance gear", which counted engine revolutions), and then automatically dive to the ground. The principle was first demonstrated successfully in September 1916 with a manned aircraft.