AUSTRALIA | AUSTRALIA | NETHERLANDS |
RAAF Museum at Point CookJust to the Geelong side of Melbourne, this A-4/V-2 rocket used to guard the gate at Holsworthy Barracks outside of Sydney. The RAAF museum received it into storage. Highly deteriorated its current status is unknown. Photos: Mike Cecil and Alan Scheckenbach | Australia PV Australian War MemorialA-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 | Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg, Netherlands This A-4/V-2 (verified) has been on display in the Photos: Ed Straten |
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UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED KINGDOM |
Imperial War Museum, London A-4/V-2 cutaway rocket (verified), located in the Large Photos: Ed Straten | 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 Photos: Ed Straten | RAF Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire A-4/V-2 rocket with Meillerwagen transport, RAF Museum Midlands, RAF Cosford, Shropshire (verified). This rocket Photos: Ed Straten, Paul Clark, Mikael Olrog |
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UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED KINGDOM | RUSSIA |
RAF Museum, Hendon Aerodrome, N. London, Barnet This A-4/V-2 rocket (verified) belongs to Britain's National Photos: Ed Straten | 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: M urray Barber, Catherine Byrne, John Pridige> MORE | 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 88, and is not on public display. |
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FRANCE | GERMANY | UNITED STATES |
Musée La Coupole, Helfaut, Nord-Pas-de-Calais La Coupole Museum A-4/V-2 rocket located at La Coupole Museum (verified). Photos: Ed Straten | Deutsches Museum, Munich, Bavaria A-4/V-2 rocket at Deutsches Museum (verified). Displayed Photos: | Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson KS A-4/V-2 rocket with motor (verified). The Cosmosphere's restoration team "SpaceWorks" has completed a number Photos; Ed Straten, Tracy Dungan |
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UNITED STATES | UNITED STATES | UNITED STATES |
White Sands Missile Park, White Sands, NM A-4/V-2 rocket in the V-2 Building at White Sands Missile Photos: Ed Straten, Tracy Dungan | Smithsonian Natl. Air and Space Museum, Wash. D.C. A-4/V-2 rocket, located at the National Air & Space | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, OhioA-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, |
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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) > MORE | Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum Everett, WashingtonA-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. > MORE |
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). > MORE | Dresden Military Museum, Germany A-4/V-2 replica at Dresden Military Museum > MORE | U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL A-4/V-2 replica located at USSRC in > MORE | Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde, Usedom A-4/V-2 full-scale replica located at the Peenemünde Museum in Germany (verified). > MORE |
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Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, ORThis 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. > MORE | Romanian National Air Museum, Bucharest A-4/V-2 replica built for the filming of the > MORE |
OTHER SIGNIFICANT V-WEAPON RELATED ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS AROUND THE WORLD
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Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, GermanyThe 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 |