Each V1 carried a high-explosive warhead weighing up to 1,700 lbs. (850 kg) for a range of up to 150 miles (240 km). It was driven by a pioneering pulse-jet engine at speeds of more than 400 mph ...

which has an undetonated V1 in its collections. V1s were usually launched from a ramp and reached a top speed of 400 mph (640 km/h), driven by a pioneering pulse-jet engine that gave the "buzz ...

A woman who survived a notorious flying bomb attack during World War Two has celebrated her 103rd birthday. Forty-two people ...

An RDE is a rocket engine that is similar to the pulse jet engines that powered the infamous German V1 cruise missile of the Second World War, which used a simple combustion chamber with an ...

but about halfway through the service we all became suddenly aware of a V1 that was rapidly approaching. The deep and all too familiar throbbing sound of its pulse jet engine was unmistakable.