Comments on: 13 June 1944

By: Warren Kretzmeier

Warren Kretzmeier — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:49:53 +0000

….if not a Grandfather of today’s cruise missiles and drones, certainly an operational precursor. The U.S.Navy was quick to adapt this technology to their surface and submersible warships.

By: David Gawboy

David Gawboy — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:35:28 +0000

In reply to Hans. I read some time ago an account by an American P51 pilot who encountered a V1 while returning from a mission over Berlin. He said he shot at it, it exploded. He said the violent shockwave it produced damaged his aircraft. He said he never made that mistake again.

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 16:04:39 +0000

My understanding is that the Allies sent up stripped down, fast, fighters to intercept incoming V-1s. The interceptor would fly up next to the V-1 and, using the interceptor’s wing tip, tip the V-1’s wing. This caused the V-1’s gyro to tumble, resulting in loss of control.

By: Bryan Swopes

Bryan Swopes — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:29:30 +0000

In reply to Paul Smith. Thanks, Paul. I will do some additional research to see if I can pin down that detail.

By: Bryan Swopes

Bryan Swopes — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:24:50 +0000

In reply to Paul Smith. Thank you very much, Paul.

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:04:26 +0000

Hello Bryan,
Unrelated to todays articles; I recently came across an article which mentioned the May 12th, 1953 Bell-X2 accident over lake Ontario. I recalled in your article you mentioned two participants were lost on that test and their bodies never recovered. The attached article, in the 7th comment, mentions that some time later a body with a parachute was found entangled in the rudder of a freighter transiting the Welland Canal near Niagara Falls. (I visit your site daily as I sip my morning coffee….love it)
https://ottawarewind.com/2013/12/29/the-ring-of-orenda/