{"id":2568,"date":"2015-03-21T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T14:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:12:52","slug":"the-v1-flying-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-v1-flying-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"The V1 Flying Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"The V1 Flying bomb was the worlds first cruise missile. An unmanned gyro guided plane that delivered a tonne of high\r\nexplosive each time one hurtled into the ground. 2419 were to explode in London between June 1944 and March 1945, which is just 9 months. The\u00a0distinctive noise of their pulse jet engine which cut out after a predetermined mileage terrorised London's population. They\u00a0quickly became known as Doodle bugs.\r\n\r\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gsvZjbmFtYg\" title=\"The Great War - Fighter Aces - Full Documentary\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsvZjbmFtYg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<h2>The V1 Flying Bomb<\/h2>\r\nThe V1 \u00a0was capable of killing large numbers of people at one go, inflicting terrible injuries and causing huge material damage to\r\nbuildings and homes. The \u00a0V1 caused lots of chaos and blast damage over a wide area. It exploded on the surface, and a huge blast wave\r\nrippled out from the epicentre. As it did so it left a huge vacuum, which caused a second rush of air as the vacuum was filled.\r\nThis caused a devastating pushing and pulling effect.\r\n\r\nAt the impact site houses or buildings were totally demolished and destroyed. In the inner London suburbs where terrace houses were\r\npacked together, sometimes up to 20 houses would totally collapse, just at one hit.Brick walls were pulverised into small fragments.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Further out from the epicentre walls, roofs and window frames were ripped out exposing the contents and innards of the\u00a0house. Further out still, all the windows were blown out and roofing slates blown off. Every time a Doodlebug landed\u00a0hundreds of houses were damaged. Ranging from total demolition to \u00a0minor damage. \u00a0This was a freezing, drenched summer and repairs\u00a0would take several\u00a0months. Londoners were de-housed in their tens of thousands or shivered in cold, damp and roofless\u00a0houses. The blast area of a V1 \u00a0extended across a radius of 400 -600 yards in each direction.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Anyone unlucky enough to be close to the impact site would be blown apart or suffer crush injuries from falling masonry.\u00a0Others would be trapped below collapsed buildings and have to be dug out. Further away from the impact site awful\u00a0injuries were inflicted by shards of flying glass.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During the course of the attacks the nature of the injuries changed somewhat. At the beginning people were caught\u00a0unawares on the street and \u00a0injuries from flying glass were widespread. Later on, people had understood the necessity of\u00a0shelter in safe (er) areas of their home e.g. under the stairs. However, this had the effect of less flying glass injuries but\u00a0more crush injuries from people being buried in the ruins of collapsed houses.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The toll of human suffering was appx. 6184 people killed by V1's and 17981 seriously injured and maimed. Tens of\u00a0thousands of others received lesser injuries. Countless more would suffer the pain of bereavement or from the loss of their\u00a0home and treasured possessions.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The suffering and grief endured by Londoner's during this period must never be forgotten.<\/p>\r\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DBCD7lW7F4o\" title=\"German Jets And V1 And V2 Flying Bombs Of WW2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBCD7lW7F4o?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_2573\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/V1-Flying-Bomb-Title.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1776322415  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2573\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2573\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/V1-Flying-Bomb-Title.jpg\" alt=\"The German Flying Bomb\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:600\/h:283\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/V1-Flying-Bomb-Title.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:300\/h:142\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/V1-Flying-Bomb-Title.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The German Flying Bomb<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"e23\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">October 1942\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e24\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">First successful Rocket test firing by Nazis\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e25\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">December 1942\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e26\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">First test launch of a V1 Flying bomb\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e27\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">June 1943\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e28\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">British intelligence identifies a Rocket on the Peenemunde \u00a0\u00a0secret weapon site\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e29\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">August 1943\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e30\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Peenemunde site bombed by RAF \u00a0\u00a0delaying the onset of the V1and V2 attacks\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e31\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Winter 1943\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e32\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">The Allied bombers destroy many Flying bomb sites in the Pas \u00a0De Calais area.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e33\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">This delays the start of the attacks but the Nazis build \u00a0new, more portable, launch sites\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e34\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">12thJune 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e35\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">The first salvo of Flying bombs are launched against London\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e36\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">13thJune 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e37\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxt.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">First V1 to hit London \u00a0\u00a0lands in Grove Road Hackney killing\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxt.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">6 people\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e38\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">16thJune 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e39\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"24\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">73 Flying bombs have hit London \u00a0by this date\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e40\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">16thJune1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e41\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">The British newspapers report that \"Pilotless planes\" are now raiding Britain\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e42\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxtc.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">V1 hits Guards Chapel St James in the middle of morning \u00a0\u00a0service\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxtc.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">killing 141\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e43\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">18thJune\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e44\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Anti Aircraft Guns in London \u00a0\u00a0area are ordered to stop shooting down V1's as they are falling on built up \u00a0areas\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e45\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">21stJune\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e46\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"39\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Anti aircraft guns and Barrage balloons are now \u00a0established in a line along the North Downs in Kent\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e47\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">30thJune 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e48\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxtd.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">V1 explodes outside Air Ministry \u00a0in the \u00a0\u00a0Aldwych killing 48\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintxtd.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">people\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e49\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">30th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0June 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e50\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">70-100 V1 a day are now reaching London\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e51\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">4th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0July 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e52\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"28\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">617 Squadron \u00a0\u00a0bomb V1 storage depots in France\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e53\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">5thJuly 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e54\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Churchill makes a statement about the V1 attacks in \u00a0\u00a0parliament\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e55\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">6th\/7th July\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e56\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Immediate benefit is felt in reduced V1 launches owing to \u00a0\u00a0Allied bombing raid on the 4th July\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e57\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">19st July 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e58\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Guns are moved from the North Downs \u00a0\u00a0to The coast to provide a better chance of shooting down the Flying bombs\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e59\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">28th July1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e60\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintexti.html\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Lewisham Market is hit by a V1 killing 59\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintexti.html\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">people\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e61\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">2nd \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0August 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e62\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintextg.html\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Restaurant in Beckenham hit by a V1\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V1_maintextg.html\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">killing 44\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e63\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 69px\" border=\"0\" width=\"724\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"67\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Between 21:00 2nd \u00a0August\u00a0and 20.59 3rd August\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e64\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"61\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">104 Flying bombs hit London \u00a0\u00a0The worst day since late June\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e65\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">5th August\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e66\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Co-op in Lordship lane East Dulwich \u00a0\u00a0hit. 23 are killed\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e67\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 47px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">From about 10th August \u00a0\u00a01944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e68\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">The Rate of V1 strikes in London \u00a0\u00a0is drastically reduced as the air defences become more effective\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e69\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"719\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">End August 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e70\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Flying bomb sites in France \u00a0\u00a0overrun by allies and V1 attacks on London \u00a0\u00a0tail off\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e71\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">7th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0September 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e72\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Herbert Morrison announces that the Battle of London is \u00a0over\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e73\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"723\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">8th September\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e74\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_intro.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">First V2 strikes in Stavely Road\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_intro.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Chiswick\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e75\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">17th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0September 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e76\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Allied operation Market Garden parachutes thousands of \u00a0\u00a0troops into the Netherlands \u00a0\u00a0and the V2 attacks are stopped\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e77\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"719\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">First Week of October\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e78\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintexta.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">V2 attacks re-commence from new position in the\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintexta.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Hague\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e79\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">October 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e80\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/Air_launched_v1.html\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Nazis begin air launching Flying bombs\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e81\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">10th\u00c2 \u00a0November 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e82\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Churchill admits Britain \u00a0is under attack again\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e83\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">25th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0November 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e84\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextb.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">V2 hits Woolworths New Cross killing 173\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextb.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">people\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e85\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">26th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0December 1944\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e86\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">V2 hits Prince of Wales pub in Mckenzie Road Islington 68 \u00a0\u00a0killed\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e87\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"724\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">8th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 1945\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e88\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextd.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">110 People Killed when V2 hits Smithfield\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextd.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Market\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e89\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"723\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">27th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 1945\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e90\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextc.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Hughes mansion Stepney hit by V2 131 people\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyingbombsandrockets.com\/V2_maintextc.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">killed\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e91\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">27th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 1945\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e92\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Final V2 fall in Court Road Orpington killing 1 person\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e93\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 26px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">28th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 1945\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"e94\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"722\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" bgcolor=\"#00CCCC\" height=\"45\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: small\">Last V1 lands at Swanscombe<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAdditional Reading \u2013\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The temptation of <a title=\"A pilot\u2019s temptation of buzzing photographers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/a-pilots-temptation-of-buzzing-photographers.html\">buzzing the media<\/a>!<\/li>\r\n\t<li>How they built the\u00a0<a title=\"How they built the SR71 Blackbird\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/how-they-built-the-sr71-blackbird.html\" target=\"_blank\">SR-71<\/a>, one of the most interesting facts!<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Some of the best\u00a0<a title=\"The art of Mid-Air selfies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-art-of-mid-air-selfies.html\" target=\"_blank\">mid-air<\/a>\u00a0selfies<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Navy preparing to launch new\u00a0<a title=\"Navy preparing to unveil the awaited Electromagnetic Aircraft Catapult on it\u2019s carriers\" 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