The V2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic...

flight, followed by the H.IX V2, powered by Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines in December 1944. However, on 18 February 1945 the V2 was destroyed in a crash...

since been discredited as Ju 390 V2 never flew. As both the Me 264 and He 277 were each intended to be four-engined bombers from their origins, the troubling...

single large bomb bay design. The first and second prototypes (Ju 287 V1 and V2; both designated Ju 288 V201 and Ju 288 V202 for security reasons) were intended...

the limit, this was not seen as a problem, and the V2 was sent off for testing.[citation needed] The V2, like its predecessor, had problems with spin stability...

prototype, V2 (Werk Nr 230002) CP+UB, was completed and made its first flight on 31 December 1943, again under the control of Dieterle. New to the V2 were upgraded...

1941. Boost-glide Keldysh bomber Spacecraft propulsion Blue Streak (missile) Rocket sled launch Reuter, Claus (2000). The V2 and the German, Russian and...

to restrictions placed on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it was presented solely as a civil airliner, although from conception...

payload and better performance, whatever design won the Bomber B competition would replace all bombers in service. With engines in the 2,000 to 2,500 hp range...

Backers-Up began at 12:31 a.m. to destroy the V2 works, in two buildings about 300 yd (270 m) long. The bombers carried a minimum of ninety 4,000 lb (1,814 kg)...