Tipping...not what you think.

[feddoc]

These guys have balls.

Spitfire "tipping-off" a V1. If you've never heard of this insane tactic ....... At first V1's were shot down by gunfire. With the high risk of being blown up, some of the best pilots started tipping the V1's wing, because of damage to wing tips they later developed a tactic of disrupting the airflow by placing their wing very close to the V1's wing, causing it to topple. Not every pilot did this. At night this was not possible, the flame from the V1 blinded the pilot to everything else, though some Mossie pilots flew past closely in front of the V1, again causing it to topple. The thought of doing this at 450mph, 4,000 feet above the ground, at night, and being blinded gives me the willies.

 

[Gator]

I had just read about this, cool to see pictures of it.

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[Tristate]

"Never have so many owed so much to so few"

Churchill nailed it.

 

[eelgrass]

My Dad was in England at the time. He said at night you could hear them over head. If they sputtered, running out of fuel, it was time to hunt for cover.

Eel