"Specialising In Military History Memories"
It maybe 50 years since man walked upon the moon but lets not forget were it all started from. Above are pictures of the V-2 rocket engine in all its absolute complexity. When first discovered by our intelligence agencies our "experts" said such a thing could not be built; or at least "we as British scientist cannot build one"! That does not however include the ability of German scientist to build one, and they did. The rocket motor of the V-2 was an outstanding achievement of compromise between maximum thrust power and cooling to prevent the melting of delicate parts; in outcome it was the first man made vehicle to reach over 3000 miles per hour. Unfortunately, its construction caused absolute misery to thousands of men and ultimately to the deaths of many thousands more. When man walked upon the moon 50 years ago that achievement was not without it's human death toll; history should remember that.
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Copyright Steve Sullivan, August 2019
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
