flying bomb
Noun
Meaning
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
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Eventually their best "V-joke" (in reference to the V-1 flying bomb ) is attempted on a radio broadcast : "Der ver zwei peanuts, valking down der strasse, und von vas assaulted.
By 1943–1944, British Mustangs were used extensively to seek out V-1 flying bomb sites.
A Spitfire using its wingtip to "topple" a V-1 flying bomb In daylight, V-1 chases were chaotic and often unsuccessful until a special defence zone was declared between London and the coast, in which only the fastest fighters were permitted.
In June a V-1 flying bomb struck Mortimer Crescent and the Orwells had to find somewhere else to live.
On 22 August 1943 a V-1 flying bomb (numbered V83, probably launched from a Heinkel He 111 ) crashed on Bornholm during a test – the warhead was a dummy made of concrete.
On May 30 of that year, Dr. Reimar Horten — a former warplane designer for Nazi Germany — met with officials at the Aerotechnical Institute of Argentina’s Military Aircraft Factory, or FMA, to propose what he described as “supersonic flying bomb.”