Find out about V1 Flying bombs and V2 Rockets in your part of South London
Last updated : 26/4/2008
V1 & V2 Incident Logs
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The V1 storey
The Guards chapel
The Aldwych
Victoria Station
Clockhouse
Lewisham Market
Doodlebug summer
New Cross Woolworths
Hughes Mansions
The Last Winter of the war
Smithfield Market
South Londoner's stories
Statistics
The V1 storey
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The V1 Flying bomb and V2 Rocket attacks on London between June 1944 and March 1945 were the last great challenge of World War II that the people of London were to face. 2419 V1's, otherwise known as Doodlebugs, were to wreak chaos and carnage. Later over 500 of Hitler's Rockets, the V2, were to strike. In total appx.  8938 died and tens of thousands injured.  The major disasters such as the Guards Chapel, Aldwych,New Cross Woolworths,Hughes Mansions  and Lewisham Market  are well documented. There are, however countless domestic tragedies where  people died in their own homes, were grievously injured, lost loved ones, or suffered the loss of all they owned.The aim of this site is to detail those that occurred in South London, as well as a selection of major incidents  across the capital. 8938 people were killed by Flying bombs  and Rockets  and 25,000 were seriously injured and many maimed for life. In addition over 2,000 British and US Airmen lost their lives attacking the Flying bomb and Rocket sites. Without their sacrifice the death toll in London and the South East would have been much much higher. They saved London from far worse levels of destruction and also saved tens of  thousands of lives. The original plan by the Luftwaffe was to fire 200 flying bombs an HOUR at the capital because of the efforts of the allies the maximum achieved was only ever about 200 a day. The V1 Flying bombs (or Doodlebugs ) were the forerunner of the modern cruise missile. A small, jet  powered pilot- less  plane that flew low at 350mph before delivering it's1 tonne warhead on to London. The V2, Hitlers Rocket,  was the first ballistic missile and the foreunner of the technology that put men on the  moon. Both of these weapons caused death,serious injury,fear and large scale material destruction. Fortunately the last V weapon V3 was never fired.  This was destroyed by the 617 squadron before it could be used against London.
Flying Bombs and Rockets
Flying Bombs and Rockets
V2 Rocket Resource site : Great site dedicated to everything about V2's

battlefield sites : All about V1 and V2 launch sites
French link about V1 sites   in Northern France.
London Metropolitan Archive web site
The Guards Chapel Bird Cage Walk
18th June 1944

German U-Boats and The Battle of the Atlantic-

Commonwealth War Graves
V2 Rockets
V1 Flying Bombs
The Other side : V1 V2 & V3 Launch site information
War time memories project
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