March 1945 – end of the V-1 flying bomb campaign:
The Allied fighter pilots involved in the battle against the V1s shot down almost 2,000 of the flying bombs, but sadly 72 of those pilots and crew members lost their lives during the campaign. Some died as a result of flying bombs exploding in front of them and some were lost due to accidents in the very bad weather that they were sometimes forced to fly in, defending the line.May God bless him and bless and comfort his family and all who knew him and those who served with him.
I’m not sure shooting down drones is quite as hard as shooting V-1 rockets, so I pass this on to someone with more expertise in combat flying. Certainly using a shotgun is cheeper, but possibly harder.