--- Akira Kawasaki wrote: > I do not believe this. I take this mention to be done in jest. In my fascination with rocketry and WWII history, I have never run across this item for the V1 flying bomb being partially piloted.
Truth is stranger than fiction. It was called the Fleseler Fi 103 Reichenberg III. The Nazi's got pretty desperate. Here is a picture of the plane Mark refers to: http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/v1/v1_info/vi_info.htm In the piloted series there were four versions. I suspect the survival rate was pretty low. But then again, one of father's best friends following WWII was a Kamikaze Pilot who surivived his only flight... Jones
