The V-1 (Vergeltungswaffe Eins, or Vengeance Weapon One), was the world's first operational cruise missile. This name was given to it by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, but the original Air Ministry designation was Fi 103, after its airframe designer, the Fieseler company. Powered by a simple but noisy pulsejet that earned it the Allied nicknames of "buzz bomb" and "doodle bug," more than 20,000 were launched at British and continental targets, mostly London and Antwerp, from June 1944 to March 1945. Created by Eric Long Date Created 11/05/2018 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Aviation; Cold War; Military; Missiles; Records & Firsts; Space; World War II Rights and Restrictions CC0
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