In Service: 1943 to 1945
First Flight: 21 December 1943 Manufacturer: Blohm & Voss Number built: 450
Type: Anti-ship Missiless Guidance system: Length: 3.9 m Wingspan: 2.8 m Diameter: 0.588 m Weight: 220 kg Engine: none Maximum speed: km/h Range: 8,500 m Warhead: kg Fuze: Launch Platform: He 111, Ju 188 Operators: Luftwaffe Variants: Other: Missiles Articles:
The Blohm & Voss L10 Friedensengel (Angel of Peace) was a winged torpedo glide bomb designed and developed by Blohm & Voss in 1942 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Richard Vogt. The Blohm & Voss L10 Friedensengel (Angel of Peace ) looked like a small aircraft in its own right, and was designed to carry a standard LT 950 aerial torpedo up to 9,000 m towards an enemy target. The carrier aircraft making the attack run had to fly at a steady speed of 310 km/h, once the torpedo had been released. The carrier aircraft triggered a time fuse, thereby deploying a small kite which was towed behind a glide bomb on a 25 m cable. When the glid bomb hit the surface of the water, sensors in the Kite would detach the glider body, allowing the torpedo to continue fully submerged to target.
The Warplanes of the Third Reich. ISBN-10: 0385057822 German Aircraft of the Second World War. ISBN-10: 0370000242 Hitler's Luftwaffe. ISBN-10: 051718771X For a complete list of sources
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