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 Fieseler Fi 103 V-1 - Seattle, WA
N 47° 31.092 W 122° 17.790
10T E 552964 N 5262992
One of many static aircraft displays located at the Museum of Flight at King County International Airport. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMVH76
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2017
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Located at the Museum of Flight are a large number of static aircraft on display. One of them is a Fieseler Fi 103 V-1. The Museum of Flight website contains a page devoted to this aircraft and it reads:
The First Cruise Missile
On 13 June 1944, Nazi Germany unleashed a new type of weapon: The Fieseler Fi 103 "flying bomb," a small, pilotless, medium-range cruise missile. Launched from bases in northern France, the Netherlands, and western Germany, the Fi 103 enabled the German Luftwaffe to bombard Belgium, England, and France when the Allied air forces possessed air superiority over Western Europe. Because the Fi 103 could thus "avenge" Allied bombing raids on Germany, the German Propaganda Ministry called the Fi 103 Vergeltungswaffe Eins ("Vengeance Weapon 1"), or "V1" for short, and V1 is the name by which it is best remembered.
The entire V1 was a disposable vehicle powered by a primitive yet powerful "pulsejet" engine which gave the V1 a loud, raucous noise that could be heard from more than ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away. This rasping sound earned the V1 the nicknames "Buzz Bomb" and "Doodlebug."
Germany built some 30,000 V1s and launched approximately 22,400 - most from ground-based ramps, but nearly 2,000 from modified Heinkel He 111 bombers. The Museum's V1 was restored from parts salvaged from the notorious Mittelwerk factory at Nordhausen, Germany, where slave laborers from Concentration Camp Dora built V1s and V2 ballistic missiles.
This is the second Fieseler Fi 103 missile I've visited. The other missile is located at Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon among many other static aircraft displays.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Fieseler Fi 103 V-1
Tail Number: (S/N): None
Construction:: clone
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum of Flight
inside / outside: inside
Other Information:: Not listed
Access restrictions: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.
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