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The German military was searching for a weapon at the time that would not violate the Versailles Treaty of World War I but would defend its country. It hit the area on the last day that V2s were used during the conflict and fell just seven weeks before the war officially ended.The rocket made a direct hit on a set of three tenement blocks. After that, we moved to the huts in Eleanor Road, number 24. I loved John dearly, he had been on a short leave before going away and he couldn’t wait to go; I said goodbye before going to school and still remember the horrid feeling I had that day that I would never see him again. His crime was indulging in frivolous dreams when he should have been concentrating on building bigger rocket bombs for the Nazi war machine. They were East India or South Dock close to the river Thames.He said he saw a vapour trail in the sky, and the weather was clear and sunny. Apparently it took 2 days to find his body and it was American soldiers who recovered him.Hi Diane thank you very much for that piece of information, i think that i was told by my aunt that American soldiers got my Dad out as well, she also told me that my uncle was apparently sitting on a windowsill when it hit, would really like to find out some more info, a newspaper report or something, i have been looking but cant find anythingI’ve looked on the British Newspaper Archive and sadly I can’t find anything on there. It also caused so much surrounding damage that it is thought that it left around 200 locals homeless.If you are visiting Bethnal Green, you can see a blue plaque on a building in Grove Road that marks the spot where the V1 fell. I saw several V1’s and on one occasion, when I was standing outside, talking to my neighbours, a V1 came towards us, the engine cut and it started to dive.
It also contained a map from the time. DIED AT 46 LESSADA STREET.Reading the list i would guess that My Uncle Ronald Fitzgerald was with Eileen Bryan outside 46 Lessada StreetHi Tony, you might be interested to know that my cousin, Roy Rodd, aged 9 years old, was with the Darby family at 14 Lessada Street when the V2 fell. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. When the first V-2 hit London, von Braun remarked to his colleagues, "The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet." Another ambulance had to be called.I worked in America for several years as an Aero/Space engineer. However, alcohol production was dependent upon the potato harvest.A production line was nearly ready at Peenemünde when the It was estimated that a sustained rate of 350 V-2s could be launched per week, with 100 per day at maximum effort, given sufficient supply of the rockets.After Hitler's 29 August 1944 declaration to begin V-2 attacks as soon as possible, the offensive began on 7 September 1944 when two were launched at Paris, but both crashed soon after launch. Artillery captain So many memories of those days especially in the huts. Date was April 3, 1954!I attended Holy Trinity School in Dalston. And many strikes in the East End of London are missing due to lack of concrete information. I can still run this event through my mind with great clarity.Just wondering if you are related to the Crouchers who lived in Chair St, Millwall.Not that I know of, but my name is not that common and my family has lived in the East End for two hundred years, possibly we are related in some way.I lived in Shore Place Hackney.on December 23 1944 a V2 exploded above our house and a large part of it including the fuel tank came through the roof hit the water tank then came through my sisters bed then down into the dining room.It finished up hanging over the table in the mattress.it turned out to be the fuel tank full now Phosphorus.Luckily the water from the tank stopped it from bursting into flame.we had a few family visiting that night but luckily no one was badly hurt apart from some burns from the phosphorus.My Mum & dad with 10 children lived in Burnside street near the Bridge in Drove rd where the V1 came down, we all left London in 1940 evacuated to Swindon.I am looking for people to talk about living through the war (especially people living in the East End) for a TV documentary. Ruined flats in Limehouse, East London. The Americans immediately went to Peenemunde and Nordhausen and captured all the remaining V-2s and V-2 parts.
The A-4 used a 75% ethanol/25% water mixture (B-Stoff) for fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) (A-Stoff) for oxidizer. Research into military use of long-range rockets began when the studies of At the time, Germany was highly interested in American physicist In early September 1943, von Braun promised the Long-Range Bombardment CommissionAt launch the A-4 propelled itself for up to 65 seconds on its own power, and a program motor controlled the pitch to the specified angle at engine shutdown, after which the rocket continued on a The fuel and oxidizer pumps were driven by a steam turbine, and the steam was produced by concentrated Dr. Thiel's development of the 25 ton rocket motor relied on pump feeding, rather than on the earlier pressure feeding. V2 Rocket in 1945. These were long-range artillery weapons that could be launched on Britain from Germany. I can remember my sister Betty arriving in a near state of collapse, she had been to the Regal Cinema in Kennington Road and on hearing that the flats and baths had ‘caught it’ she had run all the way home, scared to death; I can remember her hugging me so hard that I couldn’t breathe. Mum picked me up and run indoors. In July 1944 . Dornberger held a public test of the A-2 and it was successful.
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