Restored V2 rocket to be displayed in Chatham

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Restored V2 rocket to be displayed in Chatham

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:22 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-19555434
A rare V2 rocket from World War II is to go on display in Kent after over 50 years in storage.

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More than 1,000 V2 rockets fell on Britain in the last two years of the war, killing nearly 3,000 people, but few exist today.

Catherine Byrne, deputy curator of the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, said it was a "monumental weapon".

She added: "It is one of five on display now in the UK and one of 20 across the world."...
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Re: Restored V2 rocket to be displayed in Chatham

Post by Cormac » Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:30 pm

"Restored"?

Eeeeehm have they thought this out?
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Re: Restored V2 rocket to be displayed in Chatham

Post by klr » Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:33 pm

Cormac wrote:"Restored"?

Eeeeehm have they thought this out?
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Thankfully, "restored" =/= "working. It just means someone has done up the insides to make it look like the product of Nazi slave labour. :shifty:
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Re: Restored V2 rocket to be displayed in Chatham

Post by JimC » Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:34 am

Werner would be pleased...
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