Fieseler Fi 103 - The V-1

The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as the V-1, was a war device developed by the German company Gerhard-Fieseler-Werke in the early 1940s and used by the Luftwaffe in the final phase of the Second World War.
The V-1, the acronym stands for Vergeltungswaffen 1, translated from the German "Retaliatory Weapon 1" and so renamed by Joseph Goebbels for propaganda purposes, combined the characteristics of an airplane with those of an aeronautical bomb and can be considered the first example of a cruise missile.
The aircraft was proposed in three variants capable of carrying a war load of 1,000 kg at an operational altitude of 5,000 meters.
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