schuette@orion.nrl.navy.mil (Larry Schuette) (06/06/91)
From: schuette@orion.nrl.navy.mil (Larry Schuette)
As I recall ("German Jets In Combat", by Ethell & Price is a good source)
the much awaited meeting of the Meteor and German Jets never occured.
I think what Time/Life books meant to say was that a Meteor intercepted
an Argus powered Fi 103 (V 1 buzz bomb), which I suppose could be construed
as a German Jet Bomber, albeit unmanned. Incidentally, the Germans
were aware that the V1 was vulnerable and went to great lengths to
"tune" the pulse jet and raise the speed of the V-1 from 600 to
760 Km/hr. The best text on the V-1 (IMHO) is "History of German
Guided Missle Development", by Benecke and Quick.
Lawrence C. Schuette (202) 767-2739
Code 5133 schuette@acoustics.nrl.navy.mil or
Naval Research Laboratory schuette@orion.nrl.navy.mil
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