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:
Quote:
...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.
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