SE17 was hit by 6 V1 Flying Bombs but no V2 Rockets. These killed about 43 people.
Although the numerical total of missiles is low the death rate per missile at 7.17 was higher than average and was one of the highest in South London. 6 of the 7 incidents resulted in fatalities..
This pattern was due to the densley packed nature of the Victorian terraces in the area and is a vindication of the policy of encouraging the Nazis to reduce the range of the V1 through false intelligence. This policy left the inner south suburbs much better of in terms of missile strikes but the outer suburbs such as Croydon far worse off. The lower housing density in the outer suburbs resulted in a much lower death rate per bomb. The worst tragedy in SE17 in terms of fatalaties was on the 17th July 1944 when 17 people died as a result of a V1 on Suffield Road (which is now gone but was off Manor Place)
Much of SE17 was badly damaged by both the Blitz and V1's. This has resulted in massive post war re-development most of it in a brutalist style.
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