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    The True Horrors Of Ww2

    V1s were pulsejets, not ramjets. A pulsejet works by using a series of explosions to produce thrust. It consists of a series of louvers (flap-like valves) in the inlet, which open and close rapidly, allowing air to be drawn in and then expelled by the explosions, creating a continuous, pulsating...
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    The True Horrors Of Ww2

    Point of order, Old Boy... My mother, born in Northfield and who spent her childhood living on Weoley Park Road, certainly recalled hearing V1 doodlebugs flying (and cutting out) over Birmingham. Her father worked throughout the war at Longbridge (the Austin Shadow Factory), constructing first...
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