October 9, 20223 yr This is what Wikipedia has to say (abbreviated by me): Peenemünde is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. In World War II, the area was highly involved in the development and production of the V-1 and V-2 rockets. German scientists such as Wernher von Braun, who co-developed the V-2 rocket, were known as "Peenemünders". The resistance group around the priest Heinrich Maier passed on plans for the V-1, V-2 rockets, and the Peenemünde research station to the Allies. The resistance group was in contact with Allen Dulles, the head of the US secret service OSS in Switzerland. The allied bombers were able to carry out precise air attacks with the sketches of the production facilities. The information was important for Operation Crossbow and Operation Hydra, both pre-missions for Operation Overlord. During Operation Hydra, the research facility was badly hit by the attack by the RAF bomber command on Peenemünde on the night of August 17–18, 1943. Following the war, W. v. Braun was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile program, and later successfully at NASA. The birthplace of modern rocket science is today displayed at the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum. The Laboe Naval Memorial, a memorial for sailors of all nationalities, who were lost at sea. In front of it a Type VII U-boat The Baltic Sea is very popular with campers Peenemünde is dead ahead A V-2 rocket Thanks for viewing Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
October 9, 20223 yr [I recall, once, I'd looked into Operation Paperclip quite a bit, for a post of mine, but didn't know the details you have cited...here...] Great historical flashback and lovely pictures, bernd...!!
October 9, 20223 yr Fine shots buddy ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
October 10, 20223 yr Great info and pics as usual......it looks like a V2 was being launched in one!!! Thanks!
October 10, 20223 yr Author Many thanks for your kind comments, gents; it's much appreciated !! 10 hours ago, ozcanuck55 said: ...it looks like a V2 was being launched in one!!! That's right, Hal 😉😉 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
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