TimHepplestone Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 https://s9.postimg.org/h490lng4v/41783_D11-5_C69-4_C70-_BFE5-5_A55_FCAE5416.jpg This showed up on my Twitter feed this morning. If it's not a fake it's an awesome shot. Can't help but wander who took the photos though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Its real....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Sure? Who would be se daft to fly in formation behind a Mk XIV just about tipping over a V1 with a 1.000 kg warhead? Just thinking.Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Shultz II Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 They found out by tipping the wing of the V-1 it upset the gyro and made them fall out of the sky. It was better then being behind it and shooting it down because they blew up right in front of you and you flew through the debris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 That looks like CGI to me! I agree, I wouldn't want to be flying that close to a flying bomb! Cheers Alan Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 https://s9.postimg.org/h490lng4v/41783_D11-5_C69-4_C70-_BFE5-5_A55_FCAE5416.jpg This showed up on my Twitter feed this morning. If it's not a fake it's an awesome shot. Can't help but wander who took the photos though? Why are so many 'Single Asian Women' interested in that photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Everything looks too clear to believe. Besides... Formation flying is hard enough. Add the bomb factor and.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Everything looks too clear to believe. Besides... Formation flying is hard enough. Add the bomb factor and.... Indeed. From what I have read, a Spit could only get into that position at the bottom of a dive, a V1 was too fast in level flight. So the problem is the second 'plane in formation Also... I don't think that is how it was done. ISTR that to tip the V1 you put your wingtip above it's wing. Then the bomb's tip is drawn up to yours by aerodynamic effects tipping it off course. I'll go and google Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 And finally (Cyril) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0sgsiMzRnU Which I think contains the first image Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It did happen though, even if that is a fake image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHepplestone Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Why are so many 'Single Asian Women' interested in that photo? Dunno. Must be some of my legion of single female twitter followers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Some interesting reading about the Spit v V1 in the Aircraft of the Aces series - "Griffon Spitfire Aces". Apparently the XIV didn't have a problem with speed and one of the combat reports quotes "320 mph". What was the problem was being close enough to blow them up but not too close to take yourself out in the process. At least one case of the bomb exploding during the tipping manoevre and killing the pilot. Incredible heroic acts too. The Free French pilot Flt Lt Jean-Marie Maridor of 91 Sqdn who had intercepted a V1 but it did not crash after being hit but glided towards Benenden School in Kent. Seeing it heading for the school he closed to point blank range and blew it up killing himself in the process. I seem to remember a piece on TV about it and that the school still remembers his sacrifice to this day. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It did happen though, even if that is a fake image. Yes, it did happen. My understanding is it didn't happen like that, and with a Spit was very difficult. The Tempest or a Meteor were the tool for the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1214137 More stuff on this. It seems hard to find something definitive Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It was also the task of the Mosquito Mk VI....418 Sqn RCAF very proficient in the downing of the V-1. Mark Proulx RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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