V-2 rocket offensive began on 8 September 1944, when "Lehr- und Versuchsbatterie No. 444" () launched a single rocket guided by a radio beam directed at Paris. Wreckage of combat V-2s occasionally contained the transponder for velocity and fuel cutoff. The painting of the operational V-2s was mostly a ragged-edged pattern with several variations, but at the end of the war a plain olive green rocket also appeared. During tests, the rocket was painted in a characteristic black-and-white chessboard pattern, which aided in determining if the rocket was spinning around its longitudinal axis. The original German designation of the rocket was "V2",
Pelican (bomb) for service in the Pacific Theatre, and the number of Venturas that could be converted was limited by operational needs; as a result, despite successful tests, including one on 9 September 1944 that saw two of four Pelicans launched hit the target hulk , the program was cancelled on 18 September 1944 by Admiral Ernest King. The resources devoted to the project were redirected to accelerated development of its successor, the U.S. Navy-deployed Bat. Pelican (bomb) The Pelican, also known as Bomb Mark 55 and, in one version, SWOD Mark 7, was a guided bomb developed by the United States