| V1 and V2 time Line |
| Date |
| Event |
| October 1942 |
| First successful Rocket test firing by Nazis |
| December 1942 |
| First test launch of a V1 Flying bomb |
| June 1943 |
| British intelligence identifies a Rocket on the Peenemunde secret weapon site |
| August 1943 |
| Peenemunde site bombed by RAF delaying the onset of the V1and V2 attacks |
| Winter 1943 |
| The Allied bombers destroy many Flying bomb sites in the Pas De Calais area. |
| This delays the start of the attacks but the Nazis build new, more portable, launch sites |
| 12thJune 1944 |
| The first salvo of Flying bombs are launched against London |
| 13thJune 1944 |
| 16thJune 1944 |
| 73 Flying bombs have hit London by this date |
| 16thJune1944 |
| The British newspapers report that "Pilotless planes" are now raiding Britain |
| 18thJune |
| Anti Aircraft Guns in London area are ordered to stop shooting down V1's as they are falling on built up areas |
| 21stJune |
| Anti aircraft guns and Barrage balloons are now established in a line along the North Downs in Kent |
| 30thJune 1944 |
| 30th June 1944 |
| 70-100 V1 a day are now reaching London |
| 4th July 1944 |
| 617 Squadron bomb V1 storage depots in France |
| 5thJuly 1944 |
| Churchill makes a statement about the V1 attacks in parliament |
| 6th/7th July |
| Immediate benefit is felt in reduced V1 launches owing to Allied bombing raid on the 4th July |
| 19st July 1944 |
| Guns are moved from the North Downs to The coast to provide a better chance of shooting down the Flying bombs |
| 28th July1944 |
| 2nd August 1944 |
| Between 21:00 2nd august and 20.59 3rd August |
| 104 Flying bombs hit London The worst day since late June |
| 5th August |
| Co-op in Lordship lane East Dulwich hit. 23 are killed |
| From about 10thAugst 1944 |
| The Rate of V1 strikes in London is drastically reduced as the air defences become more effective |
| End August 1944 |
| Flying bomb sites in France overrun by allies and V1 attacks on London tail off |
| 7th September 1944 |
| Herbert Morrison announces that the Battle of London is over |
| 8th September |
| 17th September 1944 |
| Allied operation Market Garden parachutes thousands of troops into the Netherlands and the V2 attacks are stopped |
| First Week of October |
| October 1944 |
| 10th November 1944 |
| Churchill admits Britain is under attack again |
| 25th November 1944 |
| 26th December 1944 |
| V2 hits Prince of Wales pub in Mckenzie Road Islington 68 killed |
| 8th March 1945 |
| 27th March 1945 |
| 27th March 1945 |
| Final V2 fall in Court Road Orpington killing 1 person |
| 28th March 1945 |
| Last V1 lands at Swanscombe |
| 25thJune |
| In the area of South London detailed in this site the worst week is week commencing 25th June. 125 V1's hit the area and at least 357 people are killed |
| 18thJune1944 |
| The same day a V1 hit Kensington High Street Killing 45 |
| 3rd July 1944 |
| 74 people are killed when US army living quarters are hit at Sloane Court in Chelsea |
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