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On Tues. 13 Jun 1944 An A4 rocket fired from Peenemünde to test radi.....

1944-06-13

The story

An A4 rocket fired from Peenemünde to test radio-control gear for an anti-aircraft rocket veered off course and landed 200 miles away in neutral Sweden. Considerable amounts of the rocket were salvaged by the Swedish authorities and later passed on to the British.

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