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  • Remains of Nazi 'flying bombs' uncovered in British woods

    11/06/2018 12:00:27 PM PST · by DFG · 45 replies
    Live Science via Fox News ^ | 11/06/2018 | Tom Metcalfe
    Archaeologists have discovered the exploded remains of a German V1 "flying bomb" that crashed in a forest in 1944 on the way to its target in London. The dig has turned up several key metal parts from the unpiloted V1, a predecessor of today's guided cruise missiles. It was one of thousands of"retaliation weapons," or "Vergeltungswaffen," launched by Nazi Germany in the last months of World War II.
  • Wartime flying bomb found in British capital (German V1 "Doodlebug")

    07/29/2007 9:04:43 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 56 replies · 2,909+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 7/28/07 | Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - Police closed streets near London's Canary Wharf financial district on Saturday after an unexploded German flying bomb from World War Two was found on a construction site. Bomb disposal experts were called in to make the V1 missile safe after it was unearthed close to the east London complex that houses 80,000 office workers during the working week, police said. At weekends the area is busy with shoppers and visitors. Police closed several roads around the site in Millharbour, a road in the former docklands. "Ambulance, fire and police are there and the building site has been...