#v2 rocket

[lazeecomet]

I showed you my rocket, don't leave me on read

[thomas--bombadil]

Far from the Midwest, deep within a European forest, lies an unassuming pond. It was made in an instant, long ago, by a V2 rocket, chain bomb or cluster bomb.

Nature reclaimed it and made it her own. Now, it is a place of peace and beauty.

How many of these types of ponds exist?

How many more of these ponds are being made in Europe every day; again?

[theworldatwar]

German rocket scientists test launch another V2 rocket - date and location unknown. The missile, powered by a liquid propellant rocket engine was developed during ww2 in Germany as a vengeance weapon. The V-2 rocket also became the first artificial object to travel into space by crossing the Karman Line (edge of space) on 20th June 1944

[redarmyscreaming]

Police officer examines the remains of an A4’s engine

[wtf-fun-factss]

The V2 rocket, a 45 foot tall Nazi designed liquid fueled rocket, carried enough alcohol for 66,130 dry martini's. - WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/how-many-martinis-can-you-fit-inside-v-2-missile#page-2

[scifiction]

Via David Peterson

[cultface]

Fascinating. These fuckers were launching rockets into space in the ‘40s. Mad shit. 

[hamishsblog]

‘Bomb Crater Pond’, Walthamstow Marshes, Lea River London

The pond marks the impact of a V2 rocket on 11 February 1945. No one was killed but the rocket left a crater in the marshes that remains to this day.

“I remember the V2 falling on the Marshes distinctly. We lived in Dudlington Road, Hackney, Just a matter of yards away on the other side of Latham’s timber yard. My cousin from New Zealand and four of his shipmates from the NZ navy were visiting us and my mum was making dinner when a huge explosion blasted two of our windows in and threw the front door wide open. One of the sailors, in an effort to protect me pushed me under the table, but his aim was bad and I hit my head on the heavy table leg causing a big bump.  Mud from the marshes was caked on a large part of the area. My cousin Charlie ran to the site and found a bright, shiny, still warm dial from the rocket complete with Germanic lettering on it. Thakfully no one was killed”

You can view a map of V2 strikes on London and eyewitness accounts