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Antwerp V-2
 

 

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English: The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2) was the first ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, the progenitor of all modern rockets including the Saturn V moon rocket. Over 3,000 V-2s were launched as military rockets by the German Wehrmacht against Allied targets in World War II, resulting in the death of an estimated 7,250 military personnel and civilians.

One of the main targets was the port of Antwerp, counting 1300 hits. The most infamous hit was the destruction of cinema Rex in the heart of the town killing nearly all spectators in the near sold out theatre. This V-2 is exhibited on the Groenplaats in Antwerp (1945). You can clearly see the exhaust with directional vanes.

The photo was taken by my grandfather Jan B.H.A. Vervloedt (1945) and is now in the family archives.
Nederlands: De V2 was de eerste onbemande geleide ballistische raket. De A-4 (Aggregat 4), later hernoemd in V2, was de opvolger van de V1.Het V2 offensief duurde van september 1944 tot en met maart 1945. In deze periode werden meer dan 3000 raketten afgevuurd. De belangrijkste doelen waren Londen en Antwerpen. 1300 V-2s werden op Antwerpen afgevuurd. De meest desastreuze uitwerking had een inslag op een uitverkochte cinema Rex.

De foto toont de uitlaat van een V-2, met richtingsroeren. Deze V-2 werd tentoongesteld op de Groenplaats te Antwerpen tijdens een overwinningstentoonstelling van buitgemaakte oorlogswapens (ca. 1945).

De foto werd gemaakt door mijn grootvader Jan B.H.A. Vervloedt (1945) en wordt nu bewaard in de familie-archieven.
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The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2) was the first ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, the progenitor of all modern rockets including the Saturn V moon rocket. Over 3,000 V-2s were launched as military rockets by the German Wehrmacht against Allied targets in World War II, resulting in the death of an estimated 7,250 military personnel and civilians. One of the main targets was the port of Antwerp, counting 1300 hits. The most infamous hit was the destruction of cinema Rex in the heart of the town killing nearly all spectators in the near sold out theatre. This V-2 is exhibited on the Groenplaats in Antwerp (1945). You can clearly see the exhaust with directional vanes. The photo was taken by my grandfather Jan B.H.A. Vervloedt (1945) and is now in the family archives.
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