Visit to RAF Museum Cosford The Second World War
Below A selection of cameras which were mounted in RAF aircraft for purposes of photo-reconnaissance.
Below Navigational tools and log-book.
Below A Fiesler Storch, the German STOL Army Co-operation aircraft
Right A V-2 rocket mounted on an RAF carrier.
Below The Avro Lincoln heavy bomber of 1945
Below Inside the bomb-bay of the Lincoln
Below An Assortment of German missiles.
Left The Rheinmetall-Borsig Feuerlilie (Fire Lily) F 55 (Supersonic version) This is a ground to air missile, designed to have a maximum speed of 932 mph.
Left Top stage of a Rheinmetall-Borsig Rheinbote (Rhine Messenger). Ground to ground multi-stage rocket This could carry 40kg of explosive for 136 miles at a maximum speed of 3,663 mph.
Left The bottom stage of the Rheinbote (Right) and a Rheinmetall-Borsig Rheintochter (Rhine Maiden) ground to air missile.
Left The front stage of a V-2 and the Messerschmitt Enzian subsonic ground to air missile.
Left The X-4 guided air-to-air missile.
Left The X-1 (Fritz X) controlled free-fall anti-shipping bomb.
Left The BV-246 "Hagelkorn" glide bomb.
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