Fieseler Fi 103R

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH - An Illustrated Series on Germany’s Experimental Aircraft of World War II: Fieseler Fi 103R (Schiffer Military History Book)

The Fi 103 V-1 was the world's first practical cruise missile.

The manned V-1s, the Fi 103R - known as the "Reichenburg" - were developed as a measure to continue the use of the V-1s after the Allies destroyed the missile's launch sites. Only about 175 manned V-1s were constructed, converted from existing new V-1s yet not a single machine was ever flown against an Allied target because the program was canceled in October 1944.

Here is the complete story.

Author: David Myhra

Publisher: Schiffer (2001)

Description: 104 pages, paperback, 280 x 210 mm. (landscape format), over 200 b/w and color photographs and line drawings.

Condition: VERY GOOD+

Shipping weight: 0.65 Kg.

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