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V1 FLYING BOMB ON WALTER LAUNCH RAMP Take a look at this original Walter launch ramp for V1 flying bombs located to the south of Calais in Northern France. From this area the V1s - nicknamed Doodlebugs by the British - could easily cross the English Channel and reach London where they would have a devastating effect. The long tube inside the ramp construction is where the piston was located and a device was positioned below the V1’s fuselage which would be fired along the tube at a rapid rate by

The V1 Flying Bomb, also known as 'buzz bomb' or 'doodlebug', was one of the most fear-inducing terror weapons of the Second World War. But who are the weapon's forgotten victims? | Imperial War Museum London

British Defense Against V-1 Flying Bombs, 1944.