V1 flying bomb in Indiana

[Uriah]

I was out and about the country side checking of a creek to fish.  I went through the town of Greencastle, Indiana and what do I see?  A V1 flying bomb.

[Feathered_IV]

3 hours ago, Uriah said:

I was out and about the country side checking of a creek to fish.  I went through the town of Greencastle...

 

 

Crikey, you sure it wasn't Highcastle? 

[bzc3lk]

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/3123

 

WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb

 

One of only two WW II V-1 German Buzz Bombs in the U.S., Greencastle's Nazi rocket trophy is mounted on v-shaped concrete pillars, poised as if gliding into downtown.

According to the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau: "It came into the Navy's possession during the war and was shipped to a naval base in Virginia. After the war, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1550 in Greencastle asked the government for a buzz bomb to make a war memorial. That required legislation being passed in both houses of the U.S. Congress."

"The first nose on the bomb was a garbage can cover. Because the nose was a fuse, it wasn't shipped. However, another bomb was acquired and a new nose was fabricated."

[MiloMorai]

Only 2?

 

United States

• A V-1 is on display at the US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, OK.
• JB-2 is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It was donated by the Continental Motors Corporation in 1957.^[62]
• JB-2 is on display at the NASM's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
• FZG-76 is on display as a war memorial at the southwest corner of the Putnam County Courthouse in Greencastle, Indiana.^[63]
• The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
• The Planes of Fame air museum at Chino Airport in Chino, California has a JB-2 engine, restored to fully function.[2].
• A JB-2 is displayed indoors at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
• A JB-2 Loon is on open-air display at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla, Alaska.
• A JB-2 Loon is also on open-air display at the Point Mugu Missile Park at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in California.
• A JB-2 is on open-air display at the U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
• A V-1 is on display at the Air Zoo in Portage, Michigan.
• The Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas has a V-1 display which consists of a post-war "hybrid" of German-machined and American parts. In particular, it has a JB-2 Loon-style forward engine support fairing.
• A V-1 is also located at the Fantasy of Flight aviation museum in Polk City, Florida
• The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama displays a JB-2 Loon in their Rocket Park.
• V-1 #121536 is on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum, in Tucson, Arizona.
• A V-1 and Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg are on display at the Flying Heritage Collection
• A V-1 is on display at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, VA.
• A JB-2 is on open air display in Milford, Illinois.
• A V-1 is on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA

[Bremspropeller]

Is it in flyable condition? ?

[Feathered_IV]

Odd thing to ask the government for when you are planning a war memorial in an American town.