December 1944

Friday
Dec. 01 - After
moving from
Hermeskeil, elements of Batt. 836 prepare
for launching at Hachenburg, where they stayed until the end of the war.
Dec.
01,
(09.30 hours) - Batt. SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired,
impacted te Merksen, Castershoflaan, 6 casualties and 1 injured.
In The
Hague the V-2 firing site at Ockenburgh, is in the surroundings of
the summerhouse, from the Monsterscheweg and from grounds close to the
clinic.

Sunday
Dec. 03, (11.12 hours)
- Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period),
rocket fired,
crashed on firing site killing three German soldiers.

Monday
Dec. 04, (15.28 hours)
- Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period),
rocket fired, crashed several
kilometers
from firing site near the town of Luttenberg. Local residents came to see
the
burning
rocket
and
19
were killed when the warhead, that was
unexploded,
detonated amongst them about 15 minutes after impact.

Tuesday
Dec. 05, (03.57 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted dock area W of Stabroek. (*JP)
Dec. 05, (15.00
hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted NW of Mortsel. (*JP)
Dec. 05, (21.35
hours) - Battery
444, Den Haag,
Scheveningen, rocket fired, impacted Dagenham. (*JP)
Dec. 05, (22.26
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
rocket fired, impacted on farmland at Rettenden. Slight damage to 2
buildings. Rocket possibly disintegrated just before impact. (*JP)
Dec. 05, (23.20
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 05, (23.55
hours) - Battery
444, Den Haag,
Scheveningen, rocket fired (failure). Exploded on launch pad. (*JP)

Friday
Dec. 08, (05.55
hours)
- Battery 444, Den Haag, Stadhouderslaan, rocket
fired, crashed down at Stadhouderslaan. The explosion near the
Gemeente Museum had a devastating effect on the building. Almost all
the glass panes were broken, window frames were knocked out and the
water in reflecting pool was emptied. The
crater
from
this explosion is visible in the 1945 Operation Backfire
film.

Saturday
Dec. 09, (04.45
hours) - Battery 444, Den
Haag, Scheveningen, rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch. Fell on flying
field at aerodrome. No casualties. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (05.19
hours) - Battery 444, Hoek
van Holland, rocket fired, impacted Canvey Island. Sea wall breached
for a length of 25 feet. No casualties. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (07.40
hours) - Battery 444, Den
Haag, Scheveningen, rocket fired, impacted Enfield. 8 Dead, 12
seriously injured. 4 Properties demolished. (*JP)
Dec. 09,
(+/-11.32 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp-Kiel,
43 killed, 94 injured, 43 houses destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 09, (12.26
hours) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired, impacted Merksem.
(*JP)
Dec. 09, (13.47
hours) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired. There is evidence
that this rocket did impact in the Antwerp area, although exact
location unknown. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (14.08
hours) - Battery 444,
Wassenaar, rocket fired (failure). Exploded after launch. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (15.02
hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp on
Meir-Kathelynevest (Building of Agency Maritime). 26 Dead, 45 injured,
14 houses destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 09, (21.59
hours) - Batt.
1./485, (Site 152), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 09, (22.15
hours) - Batt.
1./485, rocket fired (failure). Exploded after launch. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (22.32
hours) - Battery 444, Den
Haag, Scheveningen, rocket fired, impacted Bowers Gifford. Fell on golf
course. No damage or casualties. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (22.35
hours) - Batt.
3./485, (Site 131), rocket fired, impacted near Mechelen. (*JP)
Dec. 09, (22.54
hours) - Batt.
3./485, (Site 131), rocket fired, impacted “Westerse Nietweg”,
Antwerp. No casualties. (*JP)
On
09
December
Batt. 1./836 begins operations at
forest near
Hillscheid
and Hachenburg. Only target was Antwerp.

Sunday
Dec. 10, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid),
(2) rockets fired,
(impacts unknown), (one failure).

Monday
Dec. 11, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid),
(3) rockets fired,
(impacts unknown).

Tuesday
Dec. 12, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (5) rockets fired,
(impacts
unknown).
Dec.
12, (07.40 hours), Batt.
SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired, impacted Antwerp at Hoboken in Lage Weg, 44
injured. Charles Ostyn witnessed
this
impact, for just a split-second one long, thin white streak, he
described as
"a flash" coming to the ground, followed by the explosion. (*JP-CO)

Wednesday
Dec. 13, (00.12 hours) - Battery
444, Hoek van Holland, rocket
fired, impacted North Sea, off Bradwell, Essex. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (03.16
hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen, rocket fired,
impacted Little Warley, Essex. Slight damage to property. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (03.22
hours) - Batt.
2./485, Burgsteinfurt, Site 163 (Heek - Oerscher Wald), rocket
fired, impacted NW of Mortsel. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (06.50
hours) - Batt.
2./485, Burgsteinfurt, Site 163 (Heek - Oerscher Wald), rocket
fired, impacted NE of Aartselaar. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (07.15
hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen, rocket fired,
impacted Woolwich. Direct hit on house. 1 Dead, 6 seriously injured. 6
Properties demolished. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (09.37
hours) - Batt.
3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, impacted N of Kruibeke. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (10.40
hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted
Nachtegalen Park, Antwerp. 3 Persons injured. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (11.15
hours) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket fired, impacted Oosterweel, Antwerp. (*JP).
Dec. 13, (11.29
hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted Oosterweelsteenweg, near
Royerssluis, Antwerp. 1 Dead. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (14.51
hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, impacted NW of Brasschaat, near De Merel
(*JP)
Dec. 13, (16.59
hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site
400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 13, (21.57
hours) - Battery 444, (Site 76), rocket fired,
impacted North Sea off Foulness. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (22.28
hours) - Battery 444, Hoek van Holland, rocket
fired, impacted Canvey Island, Essex. Rocket impacted in river. Slight
damage to nearby property. (*JP)
Dec. 13, (22.33
hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar, rocket fired
(failure - steep shot). (*JP)

Thursday
Dec. 14,
- Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period),
Until this day the Germans never
succeeded
in launching more than 4 rockets within 24 hours, but on this day for
the
first time 6 rockets were fired. After this day the Germans
repeatedly
succeeded in launching more than four rockets.
On
Dec.
14
Batt. 3./836 sets up operations
near Hachenburg at
Hillscheid and Gehlert.
Only target was Antwerp.

Friday
Dec. 15, (Times
Unknown) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (4) rockets fired, (impacts
unknown).
Dec.
15,
(Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert),
(5) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).

Saturday
Dec.
16, (00.16 hours) - Batt.
1./836,
Hachenburg, Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (03.22
hours) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (06.11
hours) - Batt.
3./836,
Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket fired,
(impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (07.17
hours) - Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rockets
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (10.37
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted North Sea. (*JP)
Dec.
16, (11.10
hours) - Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired,
(impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (11.10
hours) - Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald),
rocket fired, (failure).
Dec.
16, (11.14
hours) - Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (11.19
hours) - Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16,
(11.29 hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec.
16, (13.30
hours) - Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (13.55
hours) - Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, impacted
a few kilometers north of Eindhoven, Netherlands. (*JP)
Dec.
16,
(14.36 hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec.
16,
(15.17 hours) - Batt.
SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400
(Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired,
impacted the crowded Rex Cinema in Antwerp, in the Keyserlei, resulting
in 567
casualties to soldiers and civilians, 291 injured and 11 houses were
destroyed.
296 of the dead & 194 of the injured were U.S., British,
&
Canadian soldiers. (This was the single highest death total from one
rocket
attack during the war in Europe.) (*CO)
Dec.
16, (16.00
hours) - Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (16.20
hours) - Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
16, (17.01 hours) - Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket
fired, crashed into the Twee Netenstraat
killing 74 people, 79 injured, 24 houses destroyed, 65 houses heavily
damaged.
(*JP-CO)
Dec.
16, (20.06
hours) - Battery
444, Site 76,
rocket fired, impacted North Sea
(airburst). (*JP)

Sunday
Dec.
17, (09.58 hours) - Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 17, (11.05
hours) - Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
17, (12.55 hours) - Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec.
17,
(14.42 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, crashed near
Schoonheeten
(close to Heeten).
Dec.
17,
(15.35 hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, impacted
Leyton. Direct hit on factory. 1 Dead, 17 seriously injured. Gas works
and
water mains damaged.
Dec.
17,
(18.45
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, impacted
Camberwell. 6 Houses demolished. 17 Dead, 22 seriously injured.

Monday
Dec. 18 (+/- 19.00
hours)
- Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period),
rocket fired, (impact unknown).
This
rocket
was
launched
while
a
failed V1 was making two circles in the air
above Raalte. This happened in the evening and the V1 crashed after ten
minutes in the direction of Hellendoorn.
Dec.
18,
(Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (6)
rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec.
18,
(Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert),
(7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).

Tuesday
Dec. 19,
(01.41 hours) - Batt.
1./485, Loosduinen, Blomendaal,
rocket
fired, impacted Maldon, Essex. (*JP)
Dec. 19, (01.55
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Chelmsford, Essex. Direct
hit on factory.
39 Dead, 35 seriously injured. (*JP)
Dec. 19,
(02.22 hours) - Batt.
1./485, Loosduinen, Blomendaal,
rocket
fired (impact unknown).
Dec. 19, (03.02
hours) - Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 19,
(06.00 hours) - Batt.
1./485, Loosduinen, Blomendaal,
rocket
fired, impacted Ilford. Slight damage to hospital. (*JP)
Dec. 19, (06.31
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, (failure -
exploded after launch).
Dec. 19, (11.28
hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted
Tillingham Marshes. (*JP)
Dec. 19, (12.14
hours) - Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), rocket fired, (failure).
Dec. 19, (23.20 hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted
Lewisham. 13 Seriously injured. (*JP)

Wednesday
Dec.
20, (02.53 hours), Battery
444, Hoek van
Holland, rocket
fired, impacted
Crayford. 1 Dead.
Dec.
20, (10.53
hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (12.07
hours), Batt. 1./485,
Loosduinen, Ockenburgh, rocket fired, impacted Brentwood, Essex. 5 Houses
demolished. 3
Dead, 27 seriously injured.
Dec.
20, (13.20
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (14.10
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, impacted Berkhamstead Hill, Hertfordshire. Slight damage.
Dec.
20,
(15.28 hours), Batt.
3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, impacted
a few kilometers south-east of Eindhoven, Netherlands. (*JP)
Dec.
20,
(16.01 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (16.06
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20,
(16.17 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (16.53
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Duindigt,
rocket fired, impacted Northaw, Hertfordshire.
Dec.
20, (17.35
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20,
(18.36 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (19.15
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, impacted North Sea.
Dec.
20,
(19.17 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (19.38
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, impacted
a few kilometers north of Eindhoven, Netherlands. (*JP)
Dec.
20, (19.56
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Duindigt,
rocket fired, Nevendon, Essex. 1 Property demolished.
Dec.
20,
(20.20 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec.
20, (20.30
hours), Batt. 1./485,
Loosduinen, Blomendaal, rocket fired, (failure - exploded
on launch pad.)
Dec.
20, (20.45
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired,
(impact unknown).

Thursday
Dec. 21,
(01.35 hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 21,
(01.35 hours), Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen, Ockenburgh,
rocket fired, impacted Noak Hill, Essex (airburst). Slight
damage.
Dec. 21,
(04.28 hours), Battery
444, Hoek van
Holland, rocket
fired, impacted
Rayleigh, Essex.
Dec. 21, (04.35
hours), Batt. 1./485,
Loosduinen, Blomendaal, rocket fired, impacted Rawreth.
Dec. 21, (09.35
hours), Batt. 1./485,
Loosduinen, Ockenburgh, rocket fired, impacted sea.
Dec. 21, (10.34
hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
This rocket was plotted by radar for only 95 seconds, indicating an
impact well
short of the target. (*JP)
Dec. 21,
(10.36 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (10.43
hours), Batt. 1./485,
Loosduinen, Blomendaal, rocket fired, impacted Fairstead.
Dec. 21, (11.23
hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired,
(impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (11.41 hours), Batt. SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (11.56 hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21,
(13.03 hours), Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (13.31
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (15.01
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 21, (16.12
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Duindigt,
rocket fired, impacted Barking. 5 Properties demolished. 3 Dead, 29
seriously
injured.
Dec. 21, (17.00
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 21, (17.35
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 21, (18.28 hours), Batt. SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).

Friday
Dec. 22, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (7) rockets fired,
(impacts
unknown).
Dec.
22,
(Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert),
(7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).

Saturday
Dec. 23, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (9) rockets fired,
(impacts
unknown), (one failure).
Dec.
23, (Times Unknown) - Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), (6)
rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 23, (13.35 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket fired, impacted in Antwerp at Hoboken in Windmolenstraat,
130 injured, 10 houses destroyed, 80 houses damaged. (*JP-CO)

Sunday
Dec. 24, (Time
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid),
rocket
fired,
(impact
unknown).

Monday
Dec.
25, (03.37
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown). This rocket
was plotted by radar for only 101 seconds, indicating an impact well
short of
the target.
Dec.
25, (11.06 hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, impacted
Brasschaat. (*JP)
Dec.
25,
(12.10 hours), Batt.
3./485, Site 131, rocket fired, possible
impact near Westmalle,
otherwise impact unknown (*JP)
Dec.
25,
(12.26 hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald),
rocket fired, possible
impact near Westmalle,
otherwise impact unknown (*JP)
Dec.
25, (15.15 hours), Batt. 3./485, Site 131, rocket
fired, impacted
in Antwerp at Hoboken in Polderstraat,
1 killed, 4 injured, 13 houses destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec.
25, (20.02
hours), Batt. 2./485, Burgsteinfurt,
Site
163
(Heek
-
Oerscher
Wald),
rocket fired, impacted
Old Fort (Lillo). (*JP)

Tuesday
Dec. 26, (00.07 hours) - Batt. 2./485,
(Site 164), rocket fired, impacted Oorderen (NW Antwerp). No casualties
or damage. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (00.08 hours) - Batt. 3./485,
(Site 131), rocket fired, impacted SE of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
(*JP)
Dec. 26, (01.11 hours) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site
605
(Gehlert),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (02.05 hours) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site
605
(Gehlert),
rocket fired, impacted open field in
Scheldelei, Hoboken. No damage or casualties. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (02.58 hours) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site
605
(Gehlert),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (04.08 hours) - Batt. 3./485,
(Site 131), rocket fired, impacted E of Veghel, Netherlands.
(*JP)
Dec. 26, (04.09 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (04.42 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (07.56 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (08.56 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (10.14 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), rocket fired (impact
unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (10.18 hours) - Batt. 1./836,
Hachenburg,
Site
604
(Hillscheid),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (10.55 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Site 604 (Hillscheid),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (11.24 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Site 604 (Hillscheid),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (11.55 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (failure). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (12.04 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired (failure). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (13.23 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Site 604 (Hillscheid),
rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.01 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Site 604 (Hillscheid),
rocket fired, impacted approximately 10km NNE of Hasselt. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.05 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 163), rocket fired (impact
unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.07 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 163), rocket fired (impact
unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.07 hours) - Batt. 3./485,
(Site 131), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.35 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (14.46 hours) - Batt. 3./485,
(Site 131), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (15.19 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (18.04 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired, impacted Afdak 26, Rijnkaai, Antwerp. 50
Properties suffered light damage. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (18.26 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (20.59 hours) - Batt. 1./ 485,
Loosduinen,
rocket
fired,
impacted
Nazeing. Fell in field. Slight blast
damage to houses. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.07 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.21 hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired,
almost certainly impacted Islington. 72 Dead, 86 seriously injured. 13
Properties demolished. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.24 hours) - Batt. 1./ 485,
Loosduinen,
rocket
fired,
possibly
impacted Islington (see above
entry), otherwise impact unknown. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.41 hours) - Battery
444, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired,
impacted Corringham. (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.47 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first
period), rocket fired (failure). (*JP)
Dec. 26, (21.49 hours) - Battery
444, Hoek van Holland, rocket fired, impacted
Dartford. Rocket disintegrated before impact. Warhead fell on marshes.
Slight blast damage to huts. (*JP)

Wednesday
Dec. 27, (Times
Unknown)
- Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (6) rockets fired,
(impacts
unknown).
Dec.
27,
(Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert),
(7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).

Thursday
Dec.
28
- Measurements for the Leitstrahlstellung (V2 target guide beam) and
Brensslussstellung are made by the Vermesserungszug (Measurements
group)
under charge of Lt. Löwe. The Leitstrahlstellung will be situated
at Dedemsvaart.
Dec. 28, (+16.00 hours)
- Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn,
Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period),
rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec.
28,
(+16.00 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg -
first period), rocket fired,
(impact unknown).
Dec.
28,
(+16.00 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg -
first period), rocket fired,
(impact unknown).
Dec.
28,
(+16.00 hours) - Batt.
SS
500, Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg -
first period), rocket fired,
this rocket rose 4 meters off the Bodenplatte, canted over, hit the
ground
and caught fire. The turbo pumps continued to run and the fire raged
for
about 10 minutes. The warhead exploded about 5 minutes later, digging a
crater 2.5 meters deep and 4 meters wide. Windows of buildings within
1.5
km. area of the launch site were destroyed. Because of the explosion,
the
cables of the first Feuerleitpanzer, that were on the forest ground not
buried, were destroyed. A rocket on a Meillerwagen that was close to
the
launch table was damaged by splinters and had to be send back to the
technical
crew.
Dec.
28,
(Time Unknown) - Batt. 1./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), (2)
rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).
Dec.
28,
(Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert),
rocket fired, (impact unknown).

Friday
Dec. 29, (06.11 hours), Batt.
1./485, Loosduinen, Ockenburgh,
rocket
fired, impacted Southminster.
Dec. 29, (07.47
hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert) rocket
fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (08.07
hours), Batt.
1./485,
Loosduinen, Bloemendaal, rocket fired, (failure).
Dec. 29, (09.01
hours), Batt.
1./485,
Loosduinen, Bloemendaal, rocket fired, impacted near Mundon.
Dec. 29, (09.10
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted NE
of Burnham.
Dec. 29, (09.24
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn, rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (10.26
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (10.46
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (10.54
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (12.04
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (13.55
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired (failure).
Dec. 29, (14.02
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29,
(14.29 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (15.14
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29,
(16.29 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired, impacted Antwerp, crashed
behind the
post office in the Groenstraat. 39 people
were
killed, 108 heavily wounded and 58 houses destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 29,
(17.36 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (18.24
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (19.07
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (19.25
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Rennbahn,
rocket fired, impacted Tillingham.
Dec. 29, (19.51
hours), Batt.
1./485,
Loosduinen, Ockenburgh, rocket fired, impacted E of Brentwood.
Dec. 29,
(19.59 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (20.00
hours), Battery
444,
Wassenaar, Duindigt,
rocket fired, impacted Barking. 13 Seriously injured. (*JP)
Dec. 29, (21.21
hours), Batt.
1./836, Hachenburg,
Site 604 (Hillscheid), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (21.53
hours), Batt.
SS
500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, (impact
unknown).
Dec. 29, (22.31
hours), Battery
444, Hoek van
Holland, rocket
fired, impacted
Croydon. Possible low-level breakup. 3 Dead. (*JP)
Dec. 29,
(23.03 hours), Batt.
3./836, Hachenburg,
Site 605 (Gehlert), rocket
fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 29, (23.18
hours), Batt.
1./485,
Loosduinen, Bloemendaal, rocket fired,
impacted E of Wickford.

Saturday
Dec.
30,
(02.15 hours), Battery 444 or Batt.
485, Den Haag,
rocket fired, (impact unknown.)
Dec.
30,
(09.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt.
485, Den Haag,
rocket fired, impacted W Ham, Prince Regent Lane.
Dec. 30,
(10.45
hours), Batt.
SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired, crashed
at Antwerp in Mortsel
near the Castle of Cantecroy, 5
injured, 1 house
destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 30,
(13.14 hours), Batt.
SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired,
impacted Antwerp at
Borgerhout in Wynegemstraat-Florastraat,
44 killed, 125 injured, 110
houses destroyed. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 30,
(14.06 hours), Batt.
SS 500,
Hellendoorn, Site 400 (Eelerberg - first period), rocket fired,
malfunction causes
the rocket to crash into a church at Hellendoorn.
Dec.
31;
Batt.
SS
500 moves to new
firing sites at Hessum; Dutch
resistance reported on Dec. 31 about one hundred rockets lying
underneath
the trees of the Haagse Bos (Den Haag) corner of Leidsestraatweg.

Sunday
Dec.
31, (23.55 hours), Battery
444, Wassenaar, Leidsestraatweg, rocket
fired, failure, impacted near launch site destroying Chateau
Bleu which contained thousands of priceless antique books.
Dec.
31, (23.57 hours), Battery
444, Wassenaar,
Duindigt, rocket fired, failure, rose to 2,500 meters and came apart,
showering
the
inhabitants
of Van Voorrschotenlaan, Waalsdorperweg with debris. Civilians were
evacuated because of fires.
By
December 31 The rocket troops had fired a total of 1561, of which 447
against
London and 924 against Antwerp.
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