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Old 17th Aug 2016, 13:36
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Momoe
 
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Once the rockets were expended, tipping the drone might have worked.

IIRC, physical contact wasn't required. Simply placing the wing tip under and gradually lifting caused the airflow to lift the wing.
Incidentally, the first V-1 destroyed using this method was by a P-51.
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