Greencastle, Indiana: WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb
The Nazi rocket trophy is mounted outdoors on v-shaped concrete pillars, poised as if gliding into downtown.
- Address:
- US Hwy 231, Greencastle, IN
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the southwest corner of courthouse square, where US Hwy 231 turns north from Washington into Jackson St.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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[Stephen Francia, 04/26/2021]
You can't miss the Buzz Bomb if you pass through Greencastle. It is on the town square downtown, on the courthouse lawn.
[Bob, Laura, & Katie Martin, 05/05/2013]One of only two WW II V-1 German Buzz Bombs in the U.S., Greencastle's Nazi rocket trophy is mounted on v-shaped concrete pillars, poised as if gliding into downtown.
According to the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau: "It came into the Navy's possession during the war and was shipped to a naval base in Virginia. After the war, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1550 in Greencastle asked the government for a buzz bomb to make a war memorial. That required legislation being passed in both houses of the U.S. Congress."
"The first nose on the bomb was a garbage can cover. Because the nose was a fuse, it wasn't shipped. However, another bomb was acquired and a new nose was fabricated."
[Kim Sole, 05/03/2002]German V-1 Buzz Bomb from World War II.
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The V-1 buzz bomb is painted in accurate colors -- dark on top, light on the bottom for camouflage from above and below -- and mounted on a big V for victory pedestal.