Cpl/V2?_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1946-52? photo)
A rocket/missile or propulsion component, possibly of a Corporal or V-2 missile, ca. 1946-52, explodes during a static test on the 100K Static Test Stand, White Sands Proving Ground, NM.
Photo by M. C. Brown.
That's about as good as it's going to get. There's very little available regarding the test stand, let alone an explosion on it.
However, the following humorous posting does show close-up footage of, I think a Corporal engine explosion on some test stand, although it doesn't look violent enough. At the 4:24 mark:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usT_Psp_6ew
Credit: PeriscopeFilm/YouTube
www.wsmr-history.org/HandsAcrossHistory-08-09.pdf
Both above credit: White Sands Missile Range Museum website
Who knows.
Cpl/V2?_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1946-52? photo)
A rocket/missile or propulsion component, possibly of a Corporal or V-2 missile, ca. 1946-52, explodes during a static test on the 100K Static Test Stand, White Sands Proving Ground, NM.
Photo by M. C. Brown.
That's about as good as it's going to get. There's very little available regarding the test stand, let alone an explosion on it.
However, the following humorous posting does show close-up footage of, I think a Corporal engine explosion on some test stand, although it doesn't look violent enough. At the 4:24 mark:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usT_Psp_6ew
Credit: PeriscopeFilm/YouTube
www.wsmr-history.org/HandsAcrossHistory-08-09.pdf
Both above credit: White Sands Missile Range Museum website
Who knows.