Meteor 1 vs V1 Flying Bomb
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Meteor 1 vs V1 Flying Bomb
With Donald Nijboer
Part of our 80th Anniversary Series
• 80th Anniversary Special
Rushed into action on 22 July 1944 to help counter the V1 threat, Britain’s Gloster Meteor I was the first jet fighter to enter RAF service. At low and medium altitudes the Meteor was faster than its piston-engined contemporaries, which in turn made it perfectly suited to ‘anti-Diver’ V1 operations.
On 4 August the Meteor scored its first V1 victory. Having just closed in on a flying bomb, Flg Off Dean of No 616 Sqn squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteor’s superior speed, he was able overtake the missile and, using his wing tip, he tipped the craft over and sent it crashing into the ground.
Donald Nijboer lives in Toronto, Canada and has written about World War II aviation for Osprey since 2009. His other four books, Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors, Gunner: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions, Cockpits of the Cold War and Graphic War - The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War Two have been published by the Boston Mills Press. He has also written articles for Flight Journal, Aviation History and Aeroplane Monthly.
Donald's previous appearance:
Flak: The 8th Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Fire
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I always find the pace of aviation technological advance from the early 1900s to 1945. From open cockpit prop bi-planes with pilots leaning over the side to throw grenades, to jet power fighters. All in a about 40 years. Simply amazing.
Thanks!
one of my mates who i used to knock about with when i was 18 / 20 had a meteor tipping a v1 painting over his fire in his parents house,, and as i was joining the raf and i asked about it and it was his grandad,,,, f/o dean,,,,
G'day,
Yay Team...!
A point of correction...
The Germans opted for the Axial-flow design, more efficient and elegant, but very difficult to build ; at the best of times, and with shortages of ingredients to make high-temperature Alloys for Turbine Blades - the Germans gave themselves a much more difficult task.
Their solution was to accept and put into service Engines which could indeed be
Rebuilt..., TWICE each...;
Once at 10 Hours of operation, &
Again at 20 Hours..., &
Only then, at 25 Hours total time, they were pulled out for scrapping - or used as Instructional examples for Trainees to learn from...
The British opted to make, and field, Engines with Centrifugal Compressors, which were relatively easy to build, & fairly reliable - while the British had an Empire full of Rare Metals from which to cook up obscure Alloys for their
Turbine Blades....
A British Motto, in Radio & Radar "circles" during WW-2 was, reportedly ;
"Second Best,
By Next Tuesday ;
And, it'll be almost
Reliable....!"
Because buggarising about until the Prototype had NO Bugs or Glitches meant NEVER getting into mass-production ;
While it still
Mattered.
The Brit'z apparently applied the same Rule to
"Squirt-Engines" for Aeroplanes (as Galland referred to them, reportedly).
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
You can always tell good shows because they always leave you wanting more. DEFINITELY want more of this.
Portable ski ramps entailed the use of steel that would otherwise have been used in other defence industries. Similarly considerable labour (some slave) had to be allocated to the manufacture, transport and launching. The extent of the V1 losses on launch probably in part were a consequence of deliberate defects incorporated by the slave labour.
Turns out forcing people who hate you to produce your war material isn't without consequence!
It was so wonderful to hear from an author who was so well versed in his subject that he needed no notes to refer to during this discussion. I kept thinking of the Gulf War when Saddam Hussein used similar tactics against Israel , even employing mobile launchers as did the Germans. It seem that there is "No new thing under the sun." Great questions from host and sidebar warriors well answered by Donald.
Sweden copied the Autopilot of the V1 added an extra gyro axis and used it in the Rb04 the worlds first sea skimming anti ship missile.
That missile served into the late 90's.
13:02 That's a good looking aircraft, looks very modern in front profile.
Believe that Allied counter-bombing of V1 mobile launchers was NEVER effective. Launchers ALWAYS moved before aircraft arrived.🙃
This was just a great episode - Learned much about new technology vs new technology of the summer of 1944. I certainly would welcome more interviews/presentations by Mr. Nijboar on various facets of the air wars in WWII.
Sorry to miss this live, it was a great show. However as some Scottish bloke once said "Football is more important than life or death". Should have watched this though, at least this was enjoyable.
Wonderful show, gentlemen,. I learned a great deal.
Excellent presentation. I am glad the Gloster Meteor is getting some recognition.
The amount of experience these anti v1 pilots gained whilst on a relatively easy deployment comparednto those pilots in normandy would have been a great bonus for when they were redeployed to the continent
Good companion to V1 intro (London reactions) yesterday.
Yes it was!
excellent presentation
The previous production aircraft designed and buit by Gloster had been the Gladiator biplane, so quite a progression. Gloster had built Hawker fighters through the war which were part of the same manufacturing Company.
Woody/Donald. I have a lot of presentations to catch up on and this was an excellent start. Very interesting. Great information, great photos and a great presenter! Thanks both. Bob
Also, the side bar warriors asked questions that I would have asked had I watched it live. Thanks to them.
Well done top job
That was a really decent and informative presentation. Nicely done.
Glad you liked it!
Excellent and informative discussion. Thank you gentlemen.
Absolutely brill ...
Paul if you got a spare hour or so watch a Lord Hard Thrasher vid on the V1 ..
Would recommend.
Great show! And indeed the technology advances from 39/40 to 45 is unbelievable
All the British aircraft engine companies were sharing jet design knowledge. Frank Halford designed a jet that became the de Havilland Goblin used in the Vampire but also tried on the Meteor. Rover, as well as trying to build Whittle's designs, were working on their own jet; when Rolls Royce took over the jet work from Rover (Rover taking on the Meteor tank engine production) the Rover design becomes the RR Derwent which is the engine of choice for the Meteor for the 1944 Mark III which are the ones that are used over Europe
Thank you for another fascinating deep dive Donald and Paul.
Excellent show
Wanted to know why the v1 weren't fired exclusively at night to make them harder to shoot down. Any thoughts?
Not sure, perhaps the Germans just wanted to keep up a 24 hour a day threat?
Would the ram-jet exhaust glow brightly at night? Could be the reason.
Good point
@@WW2TV With a ten foot long trail of flame coming out of the back of the engines on these things it was a lot easier to see them at range during the night, than it was during daylight hours.
Excellent show. Love to hear more from your guest speaker.