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After completing this transfer of control, Joe Jr. and co-pilot Wilford J. Willy were supposed to bail out over England, parachuting to safety as the plane continued on to the V-1 bunkers.—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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Etymology
German, abbreviation for Vergeltungswaffe 1, literally, reprisal weapon 1
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