V-1 flying bomb

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German World War II weapon cruise missile pilotless aircraft

The V-1 flying bomb was an early German cruise missile used in World War II, known as a pilotless "buzz bomb" deployed primarily against London and other Allied cities.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
V-1 flying bomb canonical	12
V-1	2
Vergeltungswaffe 1	2
German V-1 flying bomb	1
German V-weapons program	1
V-1 and V-2 attacks on Britain	1
V-1 cruise missile	1
V-1 flying bomb sites	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German World War II weapon ⓘ cruise missile ⓘ pilotless aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fieseler Fi 103 ⓘ V-1 flying bomb ⓘ surface form: V-1 V-1 flying bomb ⓘ surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 1 buzz bomb ⓘ doodlebug ⓘ
counteredBy	anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ barrage balloons ⓘ fighter aircraft interception ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany ⓘ
cruiseSpeed	around 640 km/h ⓘ
designedBy	Fieseler ⓘ Robert Lusser ⓘ
developedBy	Germany ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ
engineModel	Argus As 014 pulsejet ⓘ
firstOperationalUse	1944 ⓘ
guidanceSystem	autopilot ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the first operational cruise missiles ⓘ
introduced	1944 ⓘ
launchMethod	air launch from aircraft ⓘ ground-based ramp ⓘ
launchPlatform	Heinkel He 111 ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111 bomber
length	about 8.3 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Fieseler ⓘ Volkswagen Group ⓘ surface form: Volkswagen
notableFeature	distinctive buzzing engine sound ⓘ
poweredBy	pulsejet engine ⓘ
primaryTargets	Allied cities in Belgium ⓘ Allied cities in England ⓘ Antwerp ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
programName	V-2 rocket ⓘ surface form: V-weapons program
propulsionType	air-breathing jet ⓘ
purpose	terror bombing of cities ⓘ
range	roughly 250 km ⓘ
successor	V-2 rocket ⓘ
usedAgainst	Allied civilian targets ⓘ Allied military targets ⓘ Belgium ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
usedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ surface form: German Luftwaffe
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
warheadMass	about 850 kg ⓘ
warheadType	high-explosive ⓘ
weaponType	early cruise missile ⓘ unmanned flying bomb ⓘ
wingspan	about 5.3 m ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luftwaffe → usedWeapon → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

V-1 flying bomb → alsoKnownAs → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 1

V-1 flying bomb → alsoKnownAs → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-1

Operation Crossbow → target → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-1 flying bomb sites

British home front during World War II → hasPart → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-1 and V-2 attacks on Britain

doodlebug → refersTo → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-1 flying bomb

doodlebug → alsoKnownAs → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-1

doodlebug → partOf → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-weapons program

Peenemünde Army Research Center → notableProject → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

film "Operation Crossbow" → mainSubject → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Crossbow

Fieseler Fi 103 → alsoKnownAs → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 1

Argus As 014 pulsejet → primaryApplication → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

subject surface form: Argus As 014

Argus As 014 pulsejet → usedOnAircraft → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

subject surface form: Argus As 014

Argus As 014 pulsejet → associatedWeapon → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

subject surface form: Argus As 014

Argus As 014 → notableUse → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

Argus As 014 → powerplantOf → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-1 cruise missile

V-weapons program → developedWeapon → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon → basedOn → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ

Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon → copyOf → V-1 flying bomb ⓘ