Duel 45- Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb: 1944 by Donald Nijboer
Duel 45 series- Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb: 1944 by Donald Nijboer
Between June 1944 and March 1945, Hitler’s V1 offensive against London saw the launch of 10,500 of the deadly pilotless bombs, killing 6.184 people and seriously injuring 17,981 more. 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 I was faster than its piston-engined contemporaries, which in turn made it perfectly suited to ‘anti-Diver’ V1 Operations. On 4 August the Meteor I scored its first V1 victory. Having closed in on a flying bomb, Flg Off Dean of No. 616 Sqn RAF squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteor I’s superior speed, he was able to overtake the missile and, with his wing tip, he flipped the craft over and sent it crashing into the ground. This was the world’s first Jet-versus-jet encounter. As the only jet fighter unit in frontline Allied service in Europe, No. 616 Sqn’s V1 interceptions were historic and ushered in a new era of aerial combat.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 80 pages.
Duel 45 series- Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb: 1944 by Donald Nijboer
Between June 1944 and March 1945, Hitler’s V1 offensive against London saw the launch of 10,500 of the deadly pilotless bombs, killing 6.184 people and seriously injuring 17,981 more. 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 I was faster than its piston-engined contemporaries, which in turn made it perfectly suited to ‘anti-Diver’ V1 Operations. On 4 August the Meteor I scored its first V1 victory. Having closed in on a flying bomb, Flg Off Dean of No. 616 Sqn RAF squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteor I’s superior speed, he was able to overtake the missile and, with his wing tip, he flipped the craft over and sent it crashing into the ground. This was the world’s first Jet-versus-jet encounter. As the only jet fighter unit in frontline Allied service in Europe, No. 616 Sqn’s V1 interceptions were historic and ushered in a new era of aerial combat.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 80 pages.
Duel 45 series- Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb: 1944 by Donald Nijboer
Between June 1944 and March 1945, Hitler’s V1 offensive against London saw the launch of 10,500 of the deadly pilotless bombs, killing 6.184 people and seriously injuring 17,981 more. 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 I was faster than its piston-engined contemporaries, which in turn made it perfectly suited to ‘anti-Diver’ V1 Operations. On 4 August the Meteor I scored its first V1 victory. Having closed in on a flying bomb, Flg Off Dean of No. 616 Sqn RAF squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteor I’s superior speed, he was able to overtake the missile and, with his wing tip, he flipped the craft over and sent it crashing into the ground. This was the world’s first Jet-versus-jet encounter. As the only jet fighter unit in frontline Allied service in Europe, No. 616 Sqn’s V1 interceptions were historic and ushered in a new era of aerial combat.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 80 pages.
