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Monday, January 25, 2021

The V-2 Missile Heist


The V-2 Missile Heist
Mark Felton Productions

Another obscure story about WW2. The Nazis test fired a V-2 missile in Poland and the Polish Home Army found it, concealed it, took it apart and smuggled it out via a C-47 Dakota (the military version of the DC-3).

I didn't realize that the Germans had built and launched so many V-2's, the total was over 3,000. There is a good clip of a C-47 coming in for a landing on a grass field.
I plotted the locations on a Google Map just to see how far it was: 680 miles. The plane took off from San Pancrazio Airfield in Brindisi Italy.

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1 comment:

  1. AndrewPJanuary 26, 2021 at 6:03:00 PM PST

    Wow, great story, a salute to the Polish heros and a big FU to those serious sicko Nazis (3,500 mph 50 Mile altitude missile, I had no idea).

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