X-Nico

unusual facts about Flying bomb


Thomas Cockcroft

Later in 1944 he helped defend London again during the Flying bomb offensive, Operation Diver; this time from East Anglia, which became know locally as 'Bomb Alley'.


Battle of the V-1

The film tells the story of a Polish Resistance group which discovers details of the manufacture of the German V-1 'Flying Bomb' at Peenemünde in 1943.

Bouchout Castle

In November 1944, a first flying bomb struck the westside of the Domain causing most windows of Bouchout Castle to break.

Hitachi Hatsukaze

The Hatsukaze Model 12 was the power section linked to a compressor to create a primitive jet engine called a motorjet, the resulting Tsu-11 was intended to power Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka 22 flying bombs.

Kolbuszowa

During the war units of Polish Armia Krajowa (AK) and BCh (Polish Peasants' Battalions) operating in this area discovered testing sites for the German V-1 and V-2 rockets in the nearby towns of Blizna/Pustkow.

No. 125 Squadron RAF

With the commencement of V-1 attacks on London the squadron moved to RAF Middle Wallop to assist in the City's defence and to fly patrols from RAF Bradwell Bay over the Low Countries.

Surbiton Park

During the Second World War a V-1 flying bomb destroyed houses in Portsmouth Road between the junctions with Palace Road and Uxbridge Road.


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Somerleyton

On 14 November 1944, they were chasing an air-launched V1 flying bomb but were mistakenly shot down by British anti-aircraft fire.