It is true, it wasn't the recommended method more like "when all things fail, try this..." but it was done and there are official records detailing the incidents.
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Actually I
believe (research may prove me incorrect) that due to the large detonation on shoot down and the fact that the V1's were a small target (requiring a close approach) that the wing tipping (or proximity airflow disruption) was the recommended method, at least for a time, for those a/c able to close with the weapon. Check me on this by all means, always keen to know the reality of things.
As a footnote, I remember both my parents telling me how terrifying these little beggars were; the loud and very 'futuristic' pulsing of the motors, everyone looking up and waiting for the silence as the motor cut and the bomb sailed down to it's random unknown target.... then an almighty bang and half a street would disappear. Not sure if the step up to V2's was more or less terrifying, with no warning at all, just the almighty (and somewhat louder) BANG. Enough said that those on the receiving end were just plain terrified, and many of them had endured the London blitz years.
Hmmmm chasing down V1's.... I might even park the Camel and pop into the WW2 arena for that.
