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  German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945)
Fi 103 / V-1), but not to ballistic missiles (e.g.
Number 8-100 was originally allocated to Fieseler, but requested by Heinkel as a "special" number for his aircraft, which was to break the absolute speed record.
The Fi 103 was also known as FZG 76 (FZG = Flak-Zielgerät = Anti-Aircraft Gun Targeting Device; misleading designation assigned for deception purposes), and as V-1 (V = Vergeltungswaffe = Vengeance Weapon; designation assigned by German propaganda).
www.designation-systems.net /non-us/germany.html   (7781 words)

  
 Fieseler -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fieseler had been a manager for the Raab-Katzenstein, but when this company went bankrupt, Fieseler bought a (Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces) sailplane factory in Kassel and quickly turned it to building sports planes.
At the same time, Fieseler still custom-built sailplanes for some of Germany's most prominent designers and pilots, including (additional info and facts about Wolf Hirth) Wolf Hirth's "Musterle" and (additional info and facts about Robert Kronfeld) Robert Kronfeld's "Wien" and "Österreich" (for many years the largest sailplane ever built).
Fieseler's other wartime production would largely consist of building other firms' aircraft under licence, including the (additional info and facts about Messerschmitt Bf 109) Messerschmitt Bf 109 and (additional info and facts about Focke-Wulf Fw 190) Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/fieseler.htm   (515 words)

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