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Peenemunde V2 Rocket Facility - Related Files

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	Peenemunde - additional overlays During World War II Peenemunde hosted the Heeresversuchsanstalt, an extensive rocket development and test site established in 1937, and headed by Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger. Between 1937 and 1945 two weapons, the V-1 and the V-2 were developed. Test-firing of the first V-1 occurred in early 1942 and the first V-2 first flew on October 3, 1942, from Prüfstand (Test stand) VII.		01/20/2006	1,021
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	La Coupole - V2 rocket base near Wizernes Aerial photo shows the results of the first bombing raids. La Coupole ("The Cupola") is the name of a Second World War V-2 rocket base constructed by Nazi Germany at Wizernes, south west of the French town of Saint-Omer, between Lille and Calais. Set in a former limestone quarry close to the villages of Helfaut and Wizernes, the complex was intended to ...		07/25/2007	606
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	Alabama Space and Rocket Center Aerial view of the cool exhibits at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama - one of my favorite places when I was a kid. Lots of new things have been added since I was there, though. Some of them are highlighted here. This image courtesy Microsoft and the USGS.		07/10/2005	1,155