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Australia
PV Australian War Memorial
A-4/V-2 rocket at Treloar Centre
Annex, in Canberra, with Meillerwagen
trailer (verified). This rocket has
recently
undergone conservation efforts in 2021-23.
Photos: Mikael Olrog and Alan Scheckenbach
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Deutsches
Museum, Munich, Bavaria
A-4/V-2 rocket at Deutsches Museum
(verified). Displayed
in a very unique way, this rocket gives a
good overview of
the interior components. Located on a
small island in the
Isar river, the museum is the world's
largest museum of
science and technology.
Photos:
Christoph Westhaus, Ed Straten, Bert
Hartmann
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Nationaal
Militair Museum Soesterberg, Netherlands
This A-4/V-2 (verified) has been on
display in the
Netherlands for many decades. During that
time, it was
located at several locations around the
country—either on display or in storage.
It is currently on permanent display
at the new National Military
Museum.
Photos: Ed Straten
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Imperial War Museum,
London
A-4/V-2 cutaway rocket (verified), located
in the Large
Exhibit Room, this rocket is one of the
most
photographed V-2s in the world.
Photos: Ed Straten
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Science Museum, South
Kensington, London
This A-4/V-2 rocket is currently on loan
from Cranfield University (verified). It
was originally one of rockets prepared
for the Operation Backfire tests.
Photos: Ed Straten
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RAF
Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire
A-4/V-2 rocket with Meillerwagen
transport, RAF Museum Midlands, RAF
Cosford, Shropshire (verified). This
rocket
was originally prepared for the Operation
Backfire tests.
Photos: Ed Straten, Paul Clark, Mikael
Olrog
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RAF
Museum, Hendon Aerodrome, N.
London, Barnet
This A-4/V-2 rocket (verified) belongs to
Britain's National
Museum of Aviation. Currently in storage
at RAF Stafford
(West Midlands) since February 2017.
Photos: Ed Straten
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Royal Engineers Museum (REM),
Gillingham, Kent
A-4/V-2 rocket at the Royal Engineers
Museum (verified). Restored in
2010. This rocket was formerly housed at
the RSME depot in Chattenden for many
years.
Photos: Murray Barber,
Catherine Byrne, John Pridige
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Factory No. 88 RKKE,
Energia Museum, near Moscow
A-4/V-2 rocket (unverified) supposedly
located outside of Moscow near the Energia
Museum, in Factory No. 88
RKKE design bureau stores in Podlipki—now
known as
city of Koroljov. Not much is known about
this A-4,
although it is said to be of German origin,
not a Soviet reproduction or R-1. It is not
located in the Energia
Museum facilities, but is stored offsite at
nearby Factory
88, and is not on public display.
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Musée La
Coupole, Helfaut, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
La Coupole Museum
A-4/V-2 rocket located at La Coupole
Museum (verified).
This rocket is partial replica. Located in
Pas de Calais,
near the town of Saint-Omer, this gigantic
underground
bunker is now a museum complex.
Photos: Ed Straten
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Flying
Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
Everett, Washington
A-4/V-2 rocket at the Flying Heritage &
Combat Armor Museum
(verified). The project was started in
2003
and moved to Seattle in 2013. As a partial
reconstruction,
this rocket has authentic
German-manufactured internal
parts such as the combustion chamber,
turbo-pumps, fuel tanks, control
compartment, thrust frame, heck ring and
rudder control mounts.
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Cosmosphere and
Space Center,
Hutchinson KS
A-4/V-2 rocket with motor (verified).
The Cosmosphere's restoration team
"SpaceWorks" has completed a number
of V-2 restorations in the United
States. Restored in the
early 1990's, this rocket is featured
in cutaway to view
interior components.
Photos; Ed Straten, Tracy Dungan
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White
Sands Missile Park, White Sands, NM
A-4/V-2 rocket in the V-2 Building at White Sands Missile
Park (verified). This
rocket was restored by "SpaceWorks"
at Kansas Cosmosphere. It returned to
White Sands
Missile Range Museum in 2004. It is housed
in a
climate-controlled building, near the new
Museum facilities.
Photos: Ed Straten, Tracy Dungan
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Smithsonian
Natl. Air and Space Museum, Wash. D.C.
A-4/V-2 rocket, located at the National
Air & Space
Museum NASM, Wash, D.C.
(verified). This rocket is
currently undergoing refurbishment at the
museum's
annex, the Udvar-Hazy Center. It will go
on display again sometime in 2024-2025.
Photos: Ed Straten, Frank Winter, NASM
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National
Museum of the U.S. Air Force,
Dayton, Ohio
A-4/V-2 rocket
with Meillerwagen Transport, Museum of
U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
(verified). This V-2 and Meillerwagen
(formerly at Aberdeen) were restored in
2001-2002 and are now on display at the
museum in the
World War 2 building.
Photos: Phil Broad, Rod Givens, John
Kiever,
Ed Straten, T. Dungan
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ADA Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
V-2 rocket located at the Air Defense Artillery
Museum (verified). The Fort
Bliss V-2 was moved to Fort Sill (Okla)
to be with the rest of the ADA collection,
following the
BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) transfer
in 2009.
In 2022, after another coat of paint, it was
installed into
the new museum. Visitation controlled by DoD
current
guidelines.
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A-4/V-2 REPLICAS AROUND THE WORLD
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Science Museum Oklahoma,
Oklahoma City, OK
A-4/V-2 replica located at the Science
Museum Oklahoma, OKC (verified). This
rocket is a full-scale replica, one of
four
built for filming in the TV mini-series
"Space" (1985) by the company that
eventually
became "Spaceworks" (Hutchinson, KS).
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Dresden Military
Museum, Germany
A-4/V-2 replica at Dresden Military Museum
(verified). Originally from Appen, then
moved to the Luftwaffe Museum in Gatow,
this replica had been in storage for
decades. In 2012 it was loaned to the
musuem in Dresden for public display
and has been there since.
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U.S. Space and
Rocket Center,
Huntsville, AL
A-4/V-2 replica located at USSRC in
Huntsville, AL (verified). This V-2 replica
was originally constructed by the workers
at Kansas Cosmosphere some years
back. It was moved to Huntsville in the
late 1990s.
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Historical
Technical Museum,
Peenemünde, Usedom
A-4/V-2 full-scale replica located at the Peenemünde Museum
in Germany (verified).
This replica, with many authentic parts, was
constructed by members of Förderverein
Peenemünde under the supervision of the
late Reinhold Krüger. Erected in 1995.
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Evergreen Aviation
Museum,
McMinnville, OR
This
A-4/V-2 replica is located at the
Evergreen Aviation
Museum in
McMinnville, Oregon (verified). Nothing
is known about its construction. The
Evergreen Museum is also the location
of Howard Hughes' famous "Spruce
Goose" flying boat.
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Romanian National Air Museum,
Bucharest
A-4/V-2 replica built for the filming of the
2005 BBC documentary drama "The Space
Race" (verified). Following the release of
the film, the replica was not seen for
years.
It was in a state of decay when it was
recovered by the museum in 2020. After
refurbishment, now painted black and white.
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OTHER SIGNIFICANT
V-WEAPON RELATED ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS
AROUND THE WORLD
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Deutsches
Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany
The
Technical Museum in
Berlin (4th Floor) has a
wide collection of various types of
German jet and missile technology dating
from WWII. Artifacts include: V-1 Flying
Bomb, V-2 engine assembly, V-2
combustion chambers, Henschel Hs 293,
Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling,
Flugzeugrakete R4M, two examples of the
Rheintochter
R1, Walter HWK 109-509 rocket engine,
and the Heinkel
He 162 A-2 Volksjäger.
Photos: Ed Straten, T Dungan
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