Editing V-2 rocket (section)

=== UK ===
[[File:V-2 Rocket On Meillerwagen.jpg|thumb|right|[[Operation Backfire (WWII)|Operation Backfire]] V-2 rocket on ''[[Meillerwagen]]'']]
During October 1945, the Allied [[Operation Backfire (World War II)|Operation Backfire]] assembled a small number of V-2 missiles and launched three of them from a site in northern Germany. The engineers involved had already agreed to relocate to the US when the test firings were complete. The Backfire report, published in January 1946, contains extensive technical documentation of the rocket, including all support procedures, tailored vehicles and fuel composition.<ref name="backfireR">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/Reportonoperati5Grea/mode/2up |title=Report on operation 'Backfire' Recording and analysis of the trajectory |date= 1946 |publisher=Ministry of Supply |volume=5}}</ref>

In 1946, the [[British Interplanetary Society]] proposed an enlarged man-carrying version of the V-2, named [[Megaroc]]. It could have enabled [[sub-orbital spaceflight]] similar to, but at least a decade earlier than, the [[Mercury-Redstone]] flights of 1961.<ref>{{cite web |title=How a Nazi rocket could have put a Briton in space |url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150824-how-a-nazi-rocket-could-have-put-a-briton-in-space |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114032515/http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150824-how-a-nazi-rocket-could-have-put-a-briton-in-space |archive-date=14 November 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016 |publisher=BBC }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Megaroc |url=http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/megaroc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030133900/http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/megaroc |archive-date=30 October 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016 |publisher=BIS }}</ref>