Air-Launched Doodlebugs

Hitler's V 1 Missiles and 111/Kampfgeschwader 3 and 53

By: PETER SMITH

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Hardcover | 1 April 2007

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The V 1, or 'Doodlebug' or 'Flying-bomb' came into use in June 1944 and, together with the V 2 Rocket, was Hitler's final hope in face of the advancing Allied forces sweeping across Europe towards Germany. Of the 8,000 that were launched within the first 80 days, some 2,300 reached the London area where they caused more death and destruction to its population and buildings. As the front line moved eastwards, many of the ground-based launch ramps became denied to the German forces and the modest range of the missile meant that other means of launching must be considered to continue the threat. An air-launching system, utilizing the Luftwaffe's Heinkel 111 bomber, was developed and operated by the newly formed Kampfgeschwader units. This posed a dramatic new threat to the UK because the V 1's effective range was considerably increased and it's mobile firing point offered a much greater target area when fired from an aircraft flying over the North Sea. This is the story of the development and operation of this new form of attack and also of the Allied reaction and defence-measures taken to minimise damage. AUTHOR: Peter Smith is an author and historian.

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Introduction	p. 1
Developments at Peenemunde	p. 4
III/KG 3 in France	p. 15
Withdrawal to Holland	p. 24
Operation Rumpelkammer, Phase 2	p. 37
Expansion - Kampfgeschwader 53	p. 51
September - All Strafe London	p. 66
October - Rising Pressure	p. 81
General Pile's Dilemma	p. 109
November - The Busiest Month	p. 122
December - Past the Worst	p. 142
A Diversion to Manchester	p. 153
January 1945 - A Matter of Spirit	p. 175
March 1945 - Ramps Again	p. 182
Air Launches Against London, 9 July-5 September 1944	p. 192
Air-launched Flying-bomb Operations, Phase 2, 15 September 1944 - 15 January 1945	p. 193
Luftwaffe Ranks and Approximate RAF Equivalents	p. 206
Technical Data	p. 207
KG 53 in Training	p. 208
KG 53 Organization Diagram, December 1944	p. 210
KG 53 Command Structure from 15 October 1944	p. 211
9 Anti-Aircraft Group Deployment Within the Gun Strip at 18 November 1944	p. 212
RAF Fighter Squadrons Deployed Against the Air-launched Flying-bomb Raids	p. 214
Carrier Aircraft of III/KG 3 and KG 53 Shot Down by Night Fighters	p. 216
Air-launched Flying Bombs Shot Down by Mosquito Fighters Over the North Sea	p. 218
Air-launched Flying Bombs Shot Down by Tempest Fighters of 501 Squadron	p. 220
501 Squadron Losses	p. 222
KG 3 and KG 53 Aircraft Losses During Air-launched Flying-bomb Operations	p. 223
Accuracy of Air-launched Flying Bombs	p. 224
Leaflets Carried by Air-launched Flying Bombs	p. 225
Attachment of the FZG 76 Flying Bomb to the Heinkel Carrier Aircraft	p. 226
ATI 2nd TAF Aircraft Report No. 658, 27 April 1945: Heinkel III found on Kohlenbissen Airfield	p. 228
Heinkel Carrier Crash Sites on Dutch Territory	p. 230
Bibliography	p. 231
Index	p. 233
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