Milford Illinois V-1... stolen by who?

[p51]

I was surprised to read this as I'd never even heard of this V-1 display before: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6783 Note what it says about it being stolen and where it turned up. Tempting as it is to suggest who's museum it was found in, I have to ask if there's a 'rest of the story' to this? I can't believe it was as simple as someone finding it and getting moved back with no repercussions.
Where did this thing turn up and what was the outcome on that?

[JohnB]

Don't believe everything you read there, IIRC, they have a rather anti-military bent.
In reviewing the Air Force Museum in their book, they have a laugh about the XB-70...saying it's the only one of its kind not to crash.
Of course they don't say they only made two and one was lost in a collision, though no fault of its own.

[p51]

I actually found several references to this V-1 being stolen and turning up in Texas.
One quoted a newspaper, the “Milford Herald-News”, dated March 28, 1979:

...two men showed up with papers authorizing the pick up of the missile and transporting it to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio where it was to be restored and returned to the village. ...They promised that the missile would be back in place by the time of the following year’s “Fun Days” celebration and even talked of timing its return so it could be in the big parade.
...about a year later ... questions were asked about its whereabouts. Inquiries to Wright-Patterson officials produced nothing except a denial of any knowledge of the missile. ...a reply from the F.B.I. stated that the missile had indeed been stolen from Milford and named the individuals involved, although the Federal Attorney in Danville as well as Dayton declined to prosecute them.
The F.B.I. report also traced the missile to the Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas, an organization which maintains an extensive museum and is dedicated to the preservation of World War II aircraft.

It goes on to say that four men went down there to get it back and mentions a tour of an airplane or two. But it lacks detail on the obvious question on how it got there and what were the ramifications of the theft.
I wasn't going to mention the CAF at all until I saw direct mention of them in that article.

[ALOHADAVE]

I'm sure it was not a real captured German Buzz Bomb. It was just an American JB-2 Loon missile. The Republic-Ford JB-2 was a United States copy of the German V-1 flying bomb. Developed in 1944, and planned to be used in the United States invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall), the JB-2 was never used in combat. 14 are on public display around the country

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
U.S. Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Florida
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon
(Engine only, operational) Planes of Fame air museum, Chino, California[1]
A JB-2 is on open-air display at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla, Alaska.
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), Auckland, New Zealand
Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah has an original JB-2, "Wendover Willie" [2]
Point Mugu Missile Park, on open-air display at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California.
Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, New York.
National Air and Space Museum at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington, D.C.
Milford Township Park at Milford, IL.[7]
A JB-2 is on open-air display at the American Legion post in Wheaton, Minnesota.
A JB-2 is on open-air display at White Sands Missile Range Museum
A JB-2 is on open-air display at the U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

[bdk]

Actually POF does have the entire Loon plus another engine which is the operational one.

[Jerry O'Neill]

FYI, the New England Air Museum has a JB-2 Loon on display also. During ghe restoration process years ago, the center section revealed German color and markings so it is thought that part of this missile is actually a V-1. Most parts, however, are Republic.

[armyjunk2]

We have one, It is my understanding its a V1 from Freeman, I could be wrong....