The V2, developed a bit, (well, a lot) by Dr Wernher von Braun was at the heart of the Saturn 5B....The V2 used liquid oxygen and 75% methanol, 25% water, the Saturn 5B used Kerosine and Liquid Oxygen.
I've often wondered why the V2 didn't use kerosine, one explanation was that the Germans, at that stage, simply couldn't make enough for their ME 262 jet engines, otherwise they would have done so.
