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English: 1943 Royal Air Force reconnaissance photograph of V-2 rockets at Peenemünde Test Stand VII

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  • This photograph of Test Stand VII, taken on June 23, 1943, was the first to reveal rockets. Two A-4s (V-2's) at least thirty-eight feet long are indicated lying horizontally at (B). Buildings where rockets were stored are indicated at (A).[1]
  • German rockets (A) and Meillerwagen trailers (B) were quickly spotted at Peenemünde in June 1943; but the long object pointing out to sea from the airfield--seen on the same photograph--was wrongly interpreted as 'a length of pipe' connected with offshore dredging operations. Only in December was it realised that this structure (C) and the adjacent one (D) were prototype flying-bomb catapults. All A 4 rockets were test-fired either from the elliptical Test Stand VII (E) or from its triangular foreshore.[2]
  • Test Stand VII as photographed by the United States Air Force.[sic] A. A V-2 on its Meillerwagen. B. A mobile test stand. C. The assembly hall for mobile test stands, where finished V-2s were stored. N--north.[3]
  • An RAF photograph taken on the 23rd of June, 1943, provides a view of two V-2 rockets lying side by side (A) within the elliptical earthworks at Peenemünde, where the missiles were tested. Also visible are giant cranes (B) and the missile storage building (C).[4]
  • An aerial photoreconnaissance plane was sent on June 23, 1943 and obtained the first photo of the V-2 rocket (Figure 18). This aerial photo shows Test Stand VII at the German Testing Center with a V2 rocket on its trailer inside of the test firing area. It also shows possible anti-aircraft gun positions on top of an adjacent building.[5]
  • Peenemünde before and after the bombing[6]
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This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/images/content/165515main_peenemunde.jpg 165515].

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No. 540 Squadron RAF Flight Sergeant E. P. H. Peek in a de Havilland Mosquito PR4[7] returned to Leuchars airfield on June 23, 1943 with Peenemünde photos showing a pair of low-loader vehicles[8] holding a pair of rockets.[2][7]

Chronology

The first RAF photo on April 22, 1943 of a 1 1/2 mm "object" -- A-4 model 21 within Test Stand VII -- was not initially identified as a rocket.[2] After reviewing Peek's June 23 photo, Flight Lieutenant Andre' J. A. Kenny changed the designation of the 1 1/2 -mm-long-specks from 'objects' to 'torpedoes'.[2] Then more than a year after the initial rocket photos (even after Operation Hydra had bombed Peenemünde on August 17/18, 1943 based on other intelligence), a May 5, 1944 photo of Blizna by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) at a new base at San Severo Italy showed a rocket on a narrow-gauge railway line,[2] but the Crossbow committee put the photographs aside.[6] Finally, after the report of the Bug river wreckage, Reginald Victor Jones methodically examined the photographs of Blizna through the night of June 2/3, 1944 and found a faint white line image of the rocket on a loop of the narrow-gauge railway.[6] Kenny subsequently called back earlier Peenemünde photographs and identified several finned 'objects': on railway trucks, outside tall upright buildings, and on the traverser carriage serving the ellipse; as well as evidence of a heavy and violent explosion with blast damages to buildings at the 'launching pad'.[2]
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Historisch-technisches Informationszentrum Peenemünde, Life magazine on 12/25/44 pg 48

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ McGovern, J (1964) Crossbow and Overcast, Category:New York: W. Morrow, pp. p120c NOTE: The image in Crossbow and Overcast has a scale labeled with 0' and 200'
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Irving, David (1964) The Mare's Nest, London: William Kimber and Co, pp. p50,64a,65,67,69,265 NOTE: The image in The Mare's Nest depicts a wider area including the shoreline and part of the Luftwaffe area.
  3. ↑ Dornberger, Walter (1952 -- US translation V-2 Viking Press:New York, 1954) V2--Der Schuss ins Weltall, Esslingan: Bechtle Verlag, pp. p xvi
  4. ↑ Russell, Francis; Editors of Time-Life Books (1981) The Secret War, World War II, Alexandria VA: Time-Life Books Inc., pp. p162 ISBN: 0-8094-2546-7 (retail ed.). NOTE: The image in The Secret War has a scale labeled with 0' and _00'
  5. ↑ Baumann, Paul R.. Geo/SAT 2. HISTORY OF REMOTE SENSING, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. College at Oneonta SUNY. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved on January 24, 2008.
  6. ↑ a b c Garliński, Józef (1978) Hitler's Last Weapons: The Underground War against the V1 and V2, Category:New York: Times Books, pp. p100e,146
  7. ↑ a b Collier, Basil (1976) [1964] The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945, Category:Yorkshire: The Emfield Press, pp. p32,59 ISBN: 0 7057 0070 4.
  8. ↑ Cooksley, Peter G (1979) Flying Bomb, Category:New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. p53

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