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men of steel - 11/3/2018 8:28:06 AM   
zakblood


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Status: offline 		Spitfire, about to flip the wing of a v1 in order to knock the gyroscope off balance and stop the flying bomb reaching its London target!




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RE: men of steel - 11/3/2018 8:28:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here are the facts the spitfire was able as were other fighter planes.

One major success that the British had was finding out the height at which the V1 flew – between 2000 and 3000 feet. The top speed of the V1 was also worked out – between 340 mph to 400 mph when it approached its target. The man put in charge of defending London – Air Marshall Roderic Hill – had a number of fighter planes at his disposal which were faster than the V1’s and could fly above the weapon before descending to attack it. The Spitfire XIV, the Mustang III, the Tempest V and the Mosquito could all do this – but they had a relatively small amount of time to do their work in.

but like a lot of new's out atm, it's a fake,

Such a shame this isn’t a genuine photo above. It’s a painting.

Spitfires at a last resort could attempt this but wasn’t really necessary as the air interruption from the wing (pressure) could knock them off course anyway,...

this is the only real photo of it happening in action, below, and not a great one at that





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RE: men of steel - 11/3/2018 9:13:32 AM   
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this is the only real photo of it happening in action, below, and not a great one at that


I think it is a great photo.

Or maybe it should be grey photo?

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RE: men of steel - 11/3/2018 9:14:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Anyway, thank you for sharing both the picture and the painting.

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RE: men of steel - 11/3/2018 11:12:23 PM   
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RE: men of steel - 11/4/2018 2:21:14 AM   
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Spitfire, about to flip the wing of a v1 in order to knock the gyroscope off balance and stop the flying bomb reaching its London target!





Painting or not it's still a very neat thing to see. So, how did this 'maneuver' get started? Someone run out of ammunition?

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RE: men of steel - 12/5/2018 8:28:24 AM   
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RE: men of steel - 12/5/2018 2:49:57 PM   
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Painting or not it's still a very neat thing to see. So, how did this 'maneuver' get started? Someone run out of ammunition?


Going totally from memory (and so totally unreliable), the RAF was shooting these down. But when they exploded in mid-air, they had the unfortunate effect of blowing the interceptor from the sky (a 850 kg warhead at close range will do that).

This was safer

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RE: men of steel - 12/5/2018 11:16:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, yes and Yes this! Knock it off course and it won’t hit London but it’s going to land on land, The painting showed it over farmland, lets hope if this ever did happen that it ended up in an empty field.
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ORIGINAL: zakblood

Spitfire, about to flip the wing of a v1 in order to knock the gyroscope off balance and stop the flying bomb reaching its London target!





Painting or not it's still a very neat thing to see. So, how did this 'maneuver' get started? Someone run out of ammunition?



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RE: men of steel - 12/6/2018 9:35:37 AM   
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Is this a picture taken?


A certain Mark Donoghue (or Hangar7Art) is the artist, surprised no one mentioned it.

https://twitter.com/Hangar7Art

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