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Model Wasserfall (Drop Test Model)

Operator: Royal Air Force Museum

Airport: RAF Cosford (EGWC), UK - England

Photographer: Peter Clarke

Date Taken: 20/05/2010

Date Submitted: 15/07/2010

A quarter scale aerodynamic test model for the 1943 German WWII 'Wasserfall' anti-aircraft missile. To confirm the missiles design it was dropped from 30000 ft. breaking the sound barrier during its fall.

Picture ID:1243541

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