[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Philippe,

Many thanks for these interesting pieces of information ! Very kind of you !
Interesting to read that Gosslau has left documents too. I can start a new search haha! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get a better inventory of the Fiedler papers in the USA but the present description convinces me, that this source hasn't been used much (if any) in V-1 research, so there is still a lot of work to do.

I did not know the other sources yet (thanks!) but I can recommend also Botho Stüwe labourous and magnificently detailed 'Peenemünde-West. Die Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe für geheime Fernlenkwaffen und deren Entwicklungsgeschichte'.

About the first test launches, my present knowledge is this:
October 21st, 1942 Fiedler flies to Kassel-Waldau
October 28th, Fiedler drops unpowered Fi-103 (V-1)
December 10th, Fw200 dropped first powered Fi-103 (V-7)
December 24th, first succesful launch (V-12) from Borsig-Schleuder
January 1st, 1943, launch of V-13
January 13th, launch of V-6
March 11th, launch of V-17
March 19th, launch of V-25
April 5th, launch of V-26
April 11th, launch of V-20
June 21st, so far 50 Fi-103's have been used in tests

Best regards, appreciated your input ! Marcel