German FX1400 fritz

[Fuzeman]

Pictures taken at the RAF museum Hendon of the german SD1400X Guided bomb , first sucess was the Battleship Roma

 

[waffenamt]

Great pictures Steve,
Was this bomb the same as a Henschel HS293?,i always thought that the Roma was the first victim of the HS?

cheers

waff

 

[Fuzeman]

Sd1400x

Hi Paul i put the wrong designation it should have read SD1400X not FX now modified,I can confirm in 1943 the Italian battleship Roma was sunk with one of these bombs also HMS Warspite .
cheers

 

[waffenamt]

Ok Steve,
Cheers for the info.:tinysmile_grin_t:

best

waff

 

[kz11gr]

Hi

Fritz in action :

 

[kz11gr]

And the result : Complete Destruction of the Battleship "ROMA"

 

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Kz,
What publication did the color plate come from?
Regards,
John

 

[kz11gr]

Kz,
What publication did the color plate come from?
Regards,
John

Hi John

These pictures were Just recovered this morning from a russian web site (but i have not keeped the link, sorry)

But i have seen an other here :

http://www.balsi.de/Bilder/fritzx6.jpg



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[kz11gr]

Beautiful picture from

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30304&view=next

 

[kz11gr]

Here a very interesting link

http://www.ausairpower.net/Warship-Hits.html

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[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Great painting, I wonder if the artist did more? One of the Guided bombs was located at the BD school at American University. We have photos of it being shipped back to the states from France. It is now located at Eglin Air Force Base where our EOD school is now located. Or I hope it is there!

Regards,
John

 

[peteblight]

Does anyone have dimensions of the tail fins for this bomb?
A friend has one which he is in the process of fixing up and as always the fins are the first things to rust away.

Cheers

Pete