V1 & V2 - Vengeance Weapons 1944.

[Hoss]

Paul
First rate thank you for the photos gota go one day.

Eric

[Totenhead]

Fantastic photos thanks for posting, I would like to go one day.

My Grandad was from Kent & spoke few times about family in Lewisham his aunt & other relative were killed by a V2 which hit Woolworths on Lewisham high street 25th Nov 1944

Yes, great presentation I agree, I have to visit soon, its not that far away for me !

But please spare a thought for those poor souls, including women and children who lost their lives through the use of these V-Weapons. London and the South of England took a beating from those things.

http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/19...al.htm#Picture

[Tom B]

Super photos ! Thanks for posting Tom

[steve wilko]

G'day Paul,
Mate are you a travel agent by day? Boy you get around, All jokes aside; Thanks for the work and time you put in posting your pics of your travels. As mere mortals a lot of us will probably never get to visit the sites you get to.
Steve.

[philip turland]

very interesting

i went to the first one at Watten a few years back with my little lad - think he was 5 at the time

he liked all of the little ponds............

[Woolgar]

Another excellent thread Paul

Nick

[merdock]

Hi,
Really Good photo's thanks for sharing
Mark.

[Hoss]

Yes, great presentation I agree, I have to visit soon, its not that far away for me !

But please spare a thought for those poor souls, including women and children who lost their lives through the use of these V-Weapons. London and the South of England took a beating from those things.

http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/19...al.htm#Picture

Always remember to right, my mum and gran used to say everyone would stop and wait for the bang, stories they heard from the south what else could one do?

Eric

[Totenhead]

Always remember to right, my mum and gran used to say everyone would stop and wait for the bang, stories they heard from the south what else could one do?

Eric

Hi Eric

They could hear the V1's coming, but not the V2's, nobody heard those, they were supersonic, so they had no warning at all

There is a tale that when the V2s were raining down, people were wondering what these huge explosions were that were killing lots of people, the government put out a cover story for a while, to stop panic, that they were gas-line explosions, but the truth soon got out...

[BPA-Paul]

G'day Paul,
Mate are you a travel agent by day? Boy you get around, All jokes aside; Thanks for the work and time you put in posting your pics of your travels. As mere mortals a lot of us will probably never get to visit the sites you get to.
Steve.

I wish I was a travel agent Steve...I would never be home.

Thanks mate.

[BPA-Paul]

Thanks to all for your kind comments , Im really glad you enjoyed the photos it was
certainly one of the most memorable battlefield trips I have done.

Also the civilians lost in those bombings in London Im sure are not forgotten, they are still
part of the greatest generation whether they wearing a uniform or not.

Thanks guys.