Tamiya 1/48 Gloster Meteor & V1 Rocket - WW2 (61065) Glue and paints are required to assemble and complete the model (not included)
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The idea of jet-powered fighters and weaponry was being considered during the late 1940's. The Gloster Meteor was developed by the Gloster Aircraft Company upon the request of the British Air Ministry. Capable of a top speed of 668km/h the Meteor laid the foundation for jet powered aircraft.
At about the same time, the German side was developing a frightful new weapon. The Fieseler Fi103 was equipped with the first pulse jet engine in history, flew at a top speed of 640km/h and carried a 850kg of explosives. Known as the V-1, this unmanned flying bomb was launched from a steam driven catapult and guided by a gyroscope and a small nose mounted propeller. Direction, altitude and distance were monitored in flight, until a fixed distance was reached, at which point it would drop and explode on the surface below.
On August 4th of 1944, while flying his Meteor on patrol, Flying Officer Dean spotted and gave chase to a V-1. After his guns jammed, he recorded the first victory over a V-1 by using the tip of his wing to knock the weapon off course, where it crashed in an unpopulated area. V-1 attacks lasted until March of 1945, by which time about 5800 bombs had wreaked heavy damage in London and the surrounding area.
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