File:Spitfire Tipping V-1 Flying Bomb.jpg

Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg (790 × 450 pixels, file size: 52 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Description Seen in silhouette, a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire manoeuvres alongside a German V-1 flying bomb in an attempt to deflect it from its target.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph CH 16281 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
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current15:37, 19 January 2026Thumbnail for version as of 15:37, 19 January 2026790 × 450 (52 KB)IchCropped 39 % horizontally, 65 % vertically, 78 % areawise using CropTool2 with lossless mode.
15:36, 19 January 2026Thumbnail for version as of 15:36, 19 January 20261,300 × 1,271 (213 KB)Ichlarger (from iwm)
17:43, 14 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:43, 14 December 2011569 × 237 (60 KB)CobatforIWM photo
10:42, 6 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:42, 6 April 2006400 × 162 (56 KB)LiftarnA Spitfire (right) using its wingtip to topple the gyros of a V-1 Flying Bomb (left). Imperial War Museum - picture scanned by Ian Dunster 13:04, 17 September 2005 (UTC) from: ''Weapons & War Machines'' compiled by Andrew Kershaw

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