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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 on Cinema Rex in the heart of town. Almost all the capacity audience was killed. This V-2 is exhibited on the Groenplaats in Antwerp (1945). You can clearly see the exhaust with its 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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