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RATOG Master Switch
From the
Royal Naval Aircraft Workshop in Perth.
This is the master switch
for RATOG which is Rocket assisted Take Off Gear. These were
used on Carriers for a variety of aircraft to assist take
off in light winds with heavy loads.
To fly, a Sea Fury needs 90 knots of airflow
over the wings. So with the ship doing 22 knots in calm air
you would just about have enough airflow over the wings to
get airborne. The ship always turned into wind to launch and
recover aircraft.
With 1000lb bombs mounted more like 95 knots was needed so
RATOG,
(rocket assisted take off), was used instead of the
catapult. Rockets were attached to the underside of the
aircraft and the take off run was started from the stern of
the ship.
At a predetermined point on the take-off run you would fire
the rockets and you hopefully found yourself up in the air.
The rocket carriers were jettisoned after take-off.
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VI Rudder Tail (pg1 Rocket)
This is just an incredible
peace , the complete tail from a VI doodlebug flying bomb.
Its the biggest surviving peace I have ever had for sale. It
has the remains of one of the actuators and one of the
elevators marked with the words Don't touch. The elevator
has some original paint and apart from the damage seen in
the pictures the tail is complete. Flying bomb parts are
pretty much the rarest of peaces and by their very nature
they are usually completely destroyed on impact.
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Measures
approximately 2m by 0.65m
The V1 Flying Bomb, also known as a 'buzz
bomb' or 'doodlebug', was one of the most fear-inducing
terror weapons of the Second World War. In the face of
relentless Allied bombing of German cities, Hitler created
its 'revenge weapons' (Vergeltungswaffen) in an attempt to
terrorise British civilians and undermine morale.
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VI Rudder servo (pg1 Rocket)
This is a servo from a VI
flying bomb this particular piece was a servo which
controlled the rudder or elevator. The picture on the left
shows a piece in better condition. Clearly this has been in
the ground for a number of years but you can clearly see
what it is, it was sourced from Holland.
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VI Rudder servo
2 (pg1 Rocket)
This is a servo from a VI
flying bomb this particular piece was a servo which
controlled the rudder or elevator. This second example
although damaged is in better condition than the one shown
above.
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V1 Giro auto pilot mounting tray (Pg1 rocket)
This is the heart of the V1
it holds the giro auto pilot that keeps the V1 flying RAF
fighters tried to de stabilise this giro by flipping the
wing tips of the V1 sending them crashing into the ground
before reaching their target. In good original condition kit
has some damage but is not heavily corroded and should be
repairable if required.
An example seen under with the giro
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V1 Engine
part 2 (pg1 Rocket)
This is a piece of the
side of the engine and is 280mm long.
V1 Engine
part 2 (pg1 Rocket)
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V1 Engine part
2 (pg1 Rocket)
Here is a large, (230mm ) piece of a V1 rocket motor, this
piece forms the side of the motor as seen in the diagram
left.
Front view of
the V1 rocket motor
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This is a sender unit from the
fuel system of a V2 rocket.
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V2 sender unit 1 (pg1 Rocket)
V2 sender
unit 1 (pg1 Rocket)
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V1 Engine Pipe
(pg1 Rocket)
This Pipe
Would have been connected to the Argus Pulse Jet Engine that
powered the V1
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V1 Rocket motor intake (pg1 Rocket)
This is a substantial
piece from the V1 it is an almost complete intake with the
shutters, clearly in relic condition but a nice restoration
project or display item for the rocket collector.
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V1 Giro auto pilot mounting tray 2 (Pg1 rocket)
This is the heart of the V1
it holds the giro auto pilot that keeps the V1 flying RAF
fighters tried to de stabilise this giro by flipping the
wing tips of the V1 sending them crashing into the ground
before reaching their target. Clearly this has considerable
damage but could possibly be straightened with some work.
An example seen under with the giro
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V1 Engine part
3 (pg1 Rocket)
Here is a large, ( piece of a V1 rocket motor, this
piece forms the side of the motor as seen in the diagram.
V1 Engine
part 3 (pg1 Rocket)
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This is the remains of the
V1 rocket motor that holds the intake grills
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V1 Engine
part 4 (pg1 Rocket)
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V1 Engine fuel system part (pg1 Rocket)
This piece is
from the V1 fuel system it has something to do with the fuel
and air mixing.
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V1 pressed steel wing rib (pg1 Rocket)
This piece is
from the V1 wing and is the up right part of the pressed steel rib.
Seen in
situ under.
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V1 Mechanical Impact Fuse (Pg1 Rocket) Here is
a very rare Mechanical Impact Fuse
from a V1 purchased during our trip
to Arnhem.
It was used as a safety
fuse if the actual detonator failed.
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A rare site an unexploded doodle bug VI flying bomb
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Shell case fragments from VI strike at Wickford Essex (pg1 Rocket)
38 cm long
These are fragments of a V1 that
came down in Wickford in Essex, on this
link ,
link 2 is a childhood memory of the VI hitting the
Town.
Shell case
fragments from VI strike at Wickford Essex 4 (pg1 Rocket)
This is solid steel and heavy
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V1 Compressed Air tank (pg1 Rocket)
Here is a superbly rare and
substantial original piece from a V1. The V1 contained two
compressed air bottles of which this is one. They powered
the gyroscope's that kept the V1 flying.
The tank was originally
covered in layers of spring steel but this had corroded and
was a real hazard so we removed the remains of the wire then
removed any corrosion and painted the tank with etch primer
to preserve it.
The steel is still thick
and healthy and is not at all delicate.
Finding the correct
original colour of the tank is not an easy process as nearly
all original pictures are in black and white. The colour
pictures I have seen showed the tanks as red, orange
grey and silver. We went with a silver finish but this can
easily be re painted .
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You can see the tanks in situ just
behind the wing trailing edge.
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V1 Rocket Relics from our Trip to
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V1 Height
Controller (pg1 Rocket)
This is a
height Controller From the Control Panel of the V1
It was used
in the Elevator Actuator System
Seen in
Situ Under
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V1 Wiring (pg1 Rocket)
Electrical
Wiring from a V1
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V1
Pressure Distributor 2(pg1 Rocket)
This is In Relic Condition
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V1 Height
Setting (pg1 Rocket)
This is part of the
Autopilot. It was used for setting the Altitude that the
rocket would travel at.
Seen in Situ on the left
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V1 Tray Piece (pg1 Rocket)
This is a piece from the autopilot
tray from a V1
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V1 Fuel Filter
(pg1 Rocket)
Here is a fuel filter as used in
the V1 see below in situ this piece is in relic condition
see picture.
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V1 Wooden Nose
Cone Cover Fragment
(pg1 Rocket)
This is a fragment of the
wooden nose cone used to cover the compass of the V1.
It still has yellow
paint on it and is extremely rare as the wooden parts almost
never survive impact.
The complete original nose
cone is shown left.
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V1 Aileron
Spring (pg1 Rocket)
This is a spring used in
the control of the aileron of the V1 seen to the left in
situ
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V2 A5 Rocket rudder (pg1 Rocket)
Graphite rudder from the A5
V2 rocket. As engines were not able to gimble at this
time this was mounted in the combustion chamber to deflect
the plume and hence subject to intense heat. In excellent
condition.
Under a V2
rocket
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V1 tail unit (pg1 Rocket)
This is a fantastic piece, a
complete tail from a V1 flying bomb 100% original it is
obviously damaged but still a very rare large substantial
and recognisable piece of the V1.
Amazingly this tail unit was
sometimes packed with German propaganda leaflets here is a
link to a site covering the propaganda carried in
the V1 tail.
Under a V1
rocket
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This a big piece its part of the
lower structure of the V2 a ring which forms the shell and
framework of the V2 its very heavy and is 850mm long.
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V2 ring structure (pg 1Rockets)
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V1 Fuel pressure pick up point (pg1 Rocket)
This piece sits in the front of
the V1 motor and acts as a starter in the fuel system. Seen
in situ under.
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V2 Air Bottle (pg1 Rocket)
This is a an air bottle from
a V2 rocket it has an overall length of approximately 62cm.
It has evidence of shrapnel damage. It was purchased from
Ciney in Belgium.
Once air born they were
impervious to attack so any that were destroyed was as a
result of ground fire or attacks by aircraft whilst still on
their launch pads. The only Pilot I have ever heard of to
actually fire at one whilst in the air was the wing man of
Raymond Baxter most well known for presenting the Tomorrows
World program in the 60s and 70s.
On 18 March 1945,
Baxter took part in a daylight raid on the Shell-Mex
building in The Hague, which was then the German
headquarters for V-1 and V-2 rocket attacks on southern
England. The commander of the raid, Max Sutherland, received
a bar to his DFC and Baxter, along with the three other
pilots, was again mentioned in dispatches.
In an interview about his wartime career, Baxter described
flying over a V-2 site during a launch on 14 February 1945,
and his wingman firing on the missile: "I dread to think
what would have happened if he'd hit the thing!"
Shown in situ
in the drawing under marked as number 5
 
The air bottles in the V1
were used to operate the guidance system and i suspect the
same was true of the V2 using compressed air to operate
actuators and the internal control vanes.
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