Comments on: V2 Rocket Attacks – Welcome

By: Deborah Ward VandenBroek

Deborah Ward VandenBroek — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:52:42 +0000

I am editing the love letters of my parents, father (Carl D. Ward) in the American Army and mother a British citizen lived at “Brook House, Causeway Dunmow”. In her letters to my father she describes being on “fire watch” every 7-8 days, all night long looking for bombs, fires etc. in the neighborhood. There were many close calls but no family or immediate neighbors who lost lives, though homes were demolished and my grandparents, Maude and Walter Elliott took them in. My mother’s name was Halcyone Margaret Elliott, known as Bobbie b/c of her bobbed hair. She was born in 1918 and moved to the US in 1946. Any information is welcome. Our parents never mentioned any of the war and the letters only surfaced after their deaths.

By: Admin

Admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:32:28 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Gay. How about Incident number 0138 @ 10:03 on Thursday 2 November 1944 recorded as "Airburst over Sydenham Station"

By: Elizabeth Gay

Elizabeth Gay — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:21:46 +0000

There is never any mention of the V2 rocket that exploded in the air in early November 1944 over Sydenham High School, Westwood Hill SE26. I was in the school at the time and wrote about it in my memoirs recorded in BBC Archives http://bombsight.org/bombs/38177/ Fortunately there were no casualties as most of the debris landed in the hockey field at the back of the school. 10 minutes later and we would all have been outside during our recreation time.
Elizabeth Gay.

By: Admin

Admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:23:20 +0000

In reply to Theresa Little. Certainly no V2 strike was recorded but if you check the Flyingbombsandrockets website page here you can see a V1 strike was recorded at Newstead Road on 5 August 1944 but no mention of the school.

By: Theresa Little

Theresa Little — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:59:04 +0000

Newstead Rd. I have been informed that there was a V2 crash on the site of St Winifreds school which was a prefab site in the 1960s. However I cannot see it on your site and wonder if I was misinformed.

By: Admin

Admin — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:04:13 +0000

In reply to Mark Lewis. Good idea we will try and upload a searchable list of all strikes as soon as possible. In the meantime you can do a search on towns on each months list of strikes e.g. September 1944 and entering the town name in the "seach" box

By: Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:53:30 +0000

In reply to Lawrence Garland. Hello. This is a great site but can it be searched by town please?

By: Admin

Admin — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:03:29 +0000

In reply to ann fiorentino. A map of all the V2's reported in The Ministry of Home Security document AIR 20/4126 can be found on this page: http://www.wrsonline.co.uk/big-ben-rocket-strikes/1944-v2-rocket-attacks-map/ Zoom into the area you wish to see.

By: ann fiorentino

ann fiorentino — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:21:25 +0000

my grandson asked me about interesting things that happened to me as a child and i told him about the experience (i was born in 1938) of V2 rockets, anderson shelters etc. during wwII. i know that there was a crater not far from us in coney hall, on hayes common. trying to get a location map to show him how near it was from our house on sylvan way. at one time there was an area map showing other drops but unable to locate it. so great to have a computer to research. a.f.

By: Admin

Admin — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:55:51 +0000

In reply to Lawrence Garland. As stated above the National Archives Documents in HO192/728 does contain photographs. When I ordered a copy of all the documents contained in HO192/728 in July 2012 the total cost of paper copies came to £12.65 for a total of 18 A3 sheets.