R Palimaka Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Polish Mustang III squadrons also engaged in the tipping technique. W/O Tadeusz Szymanski with 316 Squadron, knocked two down on separate occasions by hitting them with his wingtip after he had run out of ammunition. The first time he tried it he took eleven swipes at it before he decided to fly alongside and then pulled up into the beginning of a loop, denting his wingtip. The second time was much more successful a few days later over the Channel. One of his squadron mates tried the same technique but damaged his wingtip so badly that the aileron jammed and he was killed in the subsequent crash. Tipping was strongly discouraged after that, but fighter pilots being fighter pilots... Interesting but poor photo of Szymanski and a member of the ground crew examining the damaged wingtip after his first successful tip of a V-1 on July 12, 1944. Mustang III, SZ-R, FB377 Edited February 15, 2018 by R Palimaka RLWP and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Southern Bandit Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I knew this stuff happened but always assumed it was the wing under a V1 wing tip and flipping it did the trick, but over or above would do the trick I suppose.Not sure about this newish theory someone here proposed about a wing tips magnetism under a V1's gyro would upset it? that would require even more precise flying to not make contact and maintain inches apart formation with the V1 ... the Gyro would be in the body of a V1 for starters ... also as someone mentioned, Mosquito's later did this stuff too and it was likely the Mosquito's outer wing parts were wooden!I think R Palimaka's above post proves you had to make some physical contact with a V1 to upset it in flight, but I've always thought, the V1 is going to come down somewhere, so unless you intercepted them at sea, it will still cause as much damage on land, but hopefully not London or its other intended real target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Southern Bandit Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Are there any good 1/32 V1 models out there? Tamiya did one in 1/48 I built once ... what a diorama that would be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I knew this stuff happened but always assumed it was the wing under a V1 wing tip and flipping it did the trick, but over or above would do the trick I suppose. Not sure about this newish theory someone here proposed about a wing tips magnetism under a V1's gyro would upset it? that would require even more precise flying to not make contact and maintain inches apart formation with the V1 ... the Gyro would be in the body of a V1 for starters ... also as someone mentioned, Mosquito's later did this stuff too and it was likely the Mosquito's outer wing parts were wooden! I think R Palimaka's above post proves you had to make some physical contact with a V1 to upset it in flight, but I've always thought, the V1 is going to come down somewhere, so unless you intercepted them at sea, it will still cause as much damage on land, but hopefully not London or its other intended real target. Actual, this was eventually put into practice. To encourage a V-1 shoot down over water, a greater "credit" was awarded for a V-1 shoot down over water than land. Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Are there any good 1/32 V1 models out there? Tamiya did one in 1/48 I built once ... what a diorama that would be! https://www.scalemates.com/kits/982013-profimodeller-32279-fieseler-fi-103-v1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Why are so many 'Single Asian Women' interested in that photo? I was wondering that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I believe it's an artists rendition of actual events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Aluminum isn't magnetic so the wings magnetism theory is a bunch of bullocks. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 ... and lastly, while that could conceivably be a Spitfire XIV's fin and rudder, that full span aileron should be a short span one. Fail. RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I don't know if it's true, but after the nazi's found out about the "wing-tipping" method, they installed some kind of sensor activators, that would react on the tipping and explode........ BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have a video on the Tempest and the pilots swear that it rarely happened and the tipping of wings that is a confirmed story was by a Polish pilot in a Spit. Also the Meteor wasn't involved hardly at all either. It sort of stacks up because the Tempest was the fastest fighter assigned to catch the V1 if they flew past the coastal gun belt on their way London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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