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RAAF Museum at Point Cook

Just to the Geelong side of Melbourne, this A-4/V-2 rocket
used to guard the gate at Holsworthy Barracks outside
of Sydney. The RAAF museum received it into storage.
Highly deteriorated its current status is unknown.

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Australia PV Australian War Memorial

A-4/V-2 rocket at Treloar Centre Annex, in Canberra, with Meillerwagen trailer (verified). This rocket has recently
undergone conservation efforts in 2021-23.

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Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg, Netherlands

This A-4/V-2 (verified) has been on display in the
Netherlands for many decades. During that time, it was
located at several locations around the country—either on display or in storage. It is currently on permanent display
at the new National Military Museum.

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Imperial War Museum, London

A-4/V-2 cutaway rocket (verified), located in the Large
Exhibit Room, this rocket is one of the most
photographed V-2s in the world.

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Science Museum, South Kensington, London

This A-4/V-2 rocket is currently on loan from Cranfield University (verified). It was originally one of rockets prepared
for the Operation Backfire tests.

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RAF Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire

A-4/V-2 rocket with Meillerwagen transport, RAF Museum Midlands, RAF Cosford, Shropshire (verified). This rocket
was originally prepared for the Operation Backfire tests.

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RAF Museum, Hendon Aerodrome, N. London, Barnet

This A-4/V-2 rocket (verified) belongs to Britain's National
Museum of Aviation. Currently in storage at RAF Stafford
(West Midlands) since February 2017.

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Royal Engineers Museum (REM), Gillingham, Kent

A-4/V-2 rocket at the Royal Engineers Museum (verified). Restored in 2010. This rocket was formerly housed at the RSME depot in Chattenden for many years.

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Factory No. 88 RKKE, Energia Museum, near Moscow

A-4/V-2 rocket (unverified) supposedly located outside of Moscow near the Energia Museum, in Factory No. 88
RKKE design bureau stores in Podlipki—now known as
city of Koroljov. Not much is known about this A-4,
although it is said to be of German origin, not a Soviet reproduction or R-1. It is not located in the Energia
Museum facilities, but is stored offsite at nearby Factory
88, and is not on public display.
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Musée La Coupole, Helfaut, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
La Coupole Museum

A-4/V-2 rocket located at La Coupole Museum (verified).
This rocket is partial replica. Located in Pas de Calais,
near the town of Saint-Omer, this gigantic underground
bunker is now a museum complex.

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Deutsches Museum, Munich, Bavaria

A-4/V-2 rocket at Deutsches Museum (verified). Displayed
in a very unique way, this rocket gives a good overview of
the interior components. Located on a small island in the
Isar river, the museum is the world's largest museum of
science and technology.

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Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson KS

A-4/V-2 rocket with motor (verified). The Cosmosphere's restoration team "SpaceWorks" has completed a number
of V-2 restorations in the United States. Restored in the
early 1990's, this rocket is featured in cutaway to view
interior components.

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White Sands Missile Park, White Sands, NM

A-4/V-2 rocket in the V-2 Building at White Sands Missile
Park
(verified). This rocket was restored by "SpaceWorks"
at Kansas Cosmosphere. It returned to White Sands
Missile Range Museum in 2004. It is housed in a
climate-controlled building, near the new Museum facilities.

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Smithsonian Natl. Air and Space Museum, Wash. D.C.

A-4/V-2 rocket, located at the National Air & Space
Museum NASM
, Wash, D.C. (verified). This rocket is
currently undergoing refurbishment at the museum's
annex, the Udvar-Hazy Center. It will go on display again sometime in 2024-2025.
 
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National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio

A-4/V-2 rocket with Meillerwagen Transport, Museum of
U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
(verified). This V-2 and Meillerwagen (formerly at Aberdeen) were restored in
2001-2002 and are now on display at the museum in the
World War 2 building.

Photos: Phil Broad, Rod Givens, John Kiever,
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ADA Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

V-2 rocket located at the Air Defense Artillery Museum (verified). The Fort Bliss V-2 was moved to Fort Sill (Okla)
to be with the rest of the ADA collection, following the
BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) transfer in 2009.
In 2022, after another coat of paint, it was installed into
the new museum. Visitation controlled by DoD current
guidelines.

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Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
Everett, Washington

A-4/V-2 rocket at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum (verified). The project was started in 2003
and moved to Seattle in 2013. As a partial reconstruction,
this rocket has authentic German-manufactured internal
parts such as the combustion chamber, turbo-pumps, fuel tanks, control compartment, thrust frame, heck ring and
rudder control mounts.

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A-4/V-2 REPLICAS AROUND THE WORLD
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Science Museum Oklahoma,
Oklahoma City, OK

A-4/V-2 replica located at the Science
Museum Oklahoma, OKC (verified). This
rocket is a full-scale replica, one of four
built for filming in the TV mini-series "Space" (1985) by the company that eventually
became "Spaceworks" (Hutchinson, KS).

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Dresden Military Museum, Germany

A-4/V-2 replica at Dresden Military Museum
(verified). Originally from Appen, then
moved to the Luftwaffe Museum in Gatow,
this replica had been in storage for
decades. In 2012 it was loaned to the
musuem in Dresden for public display
and has been there since.

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U.S. Space and Rocket Center,
Huntsville, AL


A-4/V-2 replica located at USSRC in
Huntsville, AL (verified). This V-2 replica
was originally constructed by the workers
at Kansas Cosmosphere some years
back. It was moved to Huntsville in the
late 1990s.

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Historical Technical Museum,
Peenemünde, Usedom

A-4/V-2 full-scale replica located at the Peenemünde Museum in Germany (verified).
This replica, with many authentic parts, was
constructed by members of Förderverein Peenemünde under the supervision of the
late Reinhold Krüger. Erected in 1995.

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Evergreen Aviation Museum,
McMinnville, OR

This A-4/V-2 replica is located at the
Evergreen Aviation Museum in
McMinnville, Oregon (verified). Nothing
is known about its construction. The
Evergreen Museum is also the location
of Howard Hughes' famous "Spruce
Goose" flying boat.


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Romanian National Air Museum,
Bucharest


A-4/V-2 replica built for the filming of the
2005 BBC documentary drama "The Space
Race" (verified). Following the release of
the film, the replica was not seen for years.
It was in a state of decay when it was recovered by the museum in 2020. After refurbishment, now painted black and white.

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OTHER SIGNIFICANT V-WEAPON RELATED ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS AROUND THE WORLD
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Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany

The Technical Museum in Berlin (4th Floor) has a wide collection of various types of German jet and missile technology dating from WWII. Artifacts include: V-1 Flying Bomb, V-2 engine assembly, V-2 combustion chambers, Henschel Hs 293, Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling, Flugzeugrakete R4M, two examples of the Rheintochter
R1, Walter HWK 109-509 rocket engine, and the Heinkel
He 162 A-2 Volksjäger.

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This list was compiled and maintained with the help of the following:

Bert Hartmann, Bill Beggs, Mikael Olrog, Ed Straten, Mike Imhoff, Vince Huegele, Phil Broad, Peter Fagone, Paul Clark,
Olaf Przybilski, Alan Scheckenbach, Christoph Westhaus, Manfred Tegge, Curt Brandt, Werner Luehmann, Michael Keuer, Stephen Remato, Michael Neufeld, Gerhard Helm, Leo Flynn, David Mindell, John Kiever, Jim Jenkins, Sergey Andreev, Rod Givens,
Michael Neufeld, Murray Barber, John Pridige and Michel van Best.

Thanks to various institutions and others who I may have forgotten.

*Each contributor maintains photo copyrights, which are used here by permission.