Warplanes of Germany: Luftwaffe Rockets and Anti-aircraft Missiles

Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (Butterfly)

(German Luftwaffe Photo)

The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (Butterfly) was a radio-guided German surface-to-air missile project. There was also an air-to-air version, the Hs 117H. The operators used a telescopic sight and a joystick to guide the missile by radio control. It was detonated by acoustic and photoelectric proximity fuses.

(ipmsdeutschland.de Photo)

Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling.

(German Luftwaffe Photo)

Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling.

(German Luftwaffe Photo)

Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling.

(Balon Greyjoy Photo)

A Hs 117 Schmetterling missile on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center.