British soldiers ready a long range Aggregat-4 (A-4) or V-2 rocket for launch, with the assistance of Lieutenant-Colonel Wolfgang Weber and his men. Weber had held command of a V-2 battalion as well as the Training and Experimental Battery 444. Britain’s Operation Backfire ran from May - October 1945, reconstructing and launching three V-2 rockets. In the end-war race for German technology, Britain missed out on much.












