October 1944

Sunday
*(17)
Oct. 01, (18.50 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted farm at Bedingham, close to the Sycamore
farm,
wounding 4 persons. Farm had major damage, crater 9 meters wide and 1.5
meters deep. Sycamore Farm is 2 km East of USAAF Hardwick, a B-24
Bomber
airfield during the war, the missile fell close to the base hospital.
Oct.
01, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg, Roßbach,
(3) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), targets - Diest (2),
Maastricht
(1).

Monday
On October
2, 1./485 went from The Hague to
Burgsteinfurt from were they
fired
two days later against Tournai, Hasselt, Luttich and Maastricht.
Oct.
02, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836,
Hachenburg, Roßbach,
(2) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), target - Hasselt.
Oct.
02, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Bouillnacy, target Paris.
Oct.
02, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Silly-le-long, target Paris.
Oct.
02, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Bregy, target Paris.
After
firing the second rocket of this day, 3./836 began moving to
join 2./836
also in Merzig.

Tuesday
*(18)
Oct. 3, (09.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted in a forest near the village of Beeston St.
Lawrence.
*(19)
Oct. 3, (10.15 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted in North Sea.
*(20)
Oct. 3, (13.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted a pasture near farm at Lowestoft, three persons
serious injuries, and major damage to farm. Five people had minor
injuries.
*(21)
Oct. 3, (16.50 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted near Great Witchingham with no damage. Crater 15
meters wide and six meters deep.
*(22)
Oct. 3, (19.45 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted in Norwich, much damage. The missile broke up
over
the Mile Cross housing-estate, Norwich, the war-head hit the Royal
Norwich
Golf Club, Hellesdon. 400 houses were damaged, and one person died.
*(23)
Oct. 3, (20.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted in Denton, the impact was about 10 minutes later
(longer than normal) creating much damage.
Oct.
03, (23.00 hours) - Batt. 2./485,
Den Haag, Ockenburch, rocket
fired, impacted Wanstead (Leytonstone).
Oct.
03, (23.45 hours) - Batt. 2./485,
Den Haag, Ockenburch, rocket
fired, this rocket exploded at a low height.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Bouillnacy, target Paris.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Courchamps, target Paris.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Nanteuil-les-Meaux, target Paris.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Neul'moutiers les-Meaux, target Paris.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Vaujours, target Paris.
Oct.
03, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted near Tremblay-les-Gonesse, target Paris.

Wednesday
*(24)
Oct. 04, (11.20 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted shoreline called California, 8 km North of
Great
Yarmouth.
*(25)
Oct. 04, (12.36 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted near school at Rockland St. Mary, minor
injuries
and one serious.
*(26)
Oct. 04, (15.43 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Crostwick, very close to the air base at
Rackheath.
It landed in area known locally as Mud Corner, it is was only about a
quarter
of a mile away from the Base Bomb Dump.
*(27)
Oct. 04, (16.35 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Spixworth no damage. This rocket fell
apart
before impact scattered over a large area. The entire engine, parts of
the radio, etc., recovered and sent to research institute for Air
Travel
at Farnborough.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Pantin, target Paris.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Noisy-le-Sec, target Paris.
Oct.
04, (10.31 hours) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
Deuille-la-Barre. This rocket was intended for Paris, but fell in the
heart
of the small town. Total destruction of buildings and 14 killed.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Pulseux-les-Louvres, target Paris.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt.
2./836, Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Beaumarchais, target Paris.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Dammartin, target Paris.
Oct.
04, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836,
Merzig, rocket fired,
impacted
near Lizy-s/Ourcq, target Paris.
Batt.
3./836 joins Batt. 2./836 in
Merzig, starting on Oct. 05.

Thursday
*(28)
Oct. 05, (09.59 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at a forest near Taverham.
*(29)
Oct. 05, (12.37 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted near Great Yarmouth in the sea.
*(30)
Oct. 05, (14.40 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Surlingham. Ten wounded and 36 houses
damaged.
*(31)
Oct. 05 - Battery 444,
Rijsterbos, Middenleane, rocket fired,
(Time Unknown), (impact unknown), this rocket possibly canted
horizontal
at lift off and crashed near Mirnser cliff at IJsselmeer (IJssel Lake)
according to local newspaper accounts.
Oct.
05, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836
or Batt. 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, impacted near Mortefotaine, target Paris.
Oct.
05, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836
or Batt. 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, impacted near Plailly, target Paris.
Oct.
05, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836
or Batt. 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, impacted near Louvres, target Paris.
Oct.
05, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836
or Batt. 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, impacted near Chatillon, target Paris.

Friday
*(32)
Oct. 06, (10.20 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at swamp near Shotesham All Saints, 43
buildings
damaged.

Saturday
Oct.
07, (Time Unknown), Batt. 1./485,
Burgsteinfurt, A-4 fired,
impacted
in Ougrée.
Oct.
07, (22.00 hours), Merzig, A-4 rocket came down north of Antwerp, in
Brasschaat
(8 kilometers north of Antwerp). First V2 fired against Antwerp prior
to
scheduled campaign of Oct. 13, for "range-finding."
Oct.
07, (08.48 hours), Batt. 2./485,
Den Haag, Bloemendaal, rocket
fired, impacted Pitsea Southend.
Between
Oct. 4-12, 1./485 reports to
have launched 10 times on Luttich
from
Burgsteinfurt. In
total 27 impacted in the surroundings of Luttich.

Monday
*(33)
Oct. 09, (10.40 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Cantley, two cows died.
*(34)
Oct. 09, (10.42 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Brooke.
*(35)
Oct. 09, (18.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, fell in sea south of Orfordness.

Tuesday
*(36)
Oct. 10, (15.56 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
A-4 rocket fired exploded 1200 meters high above the harbor of Harwich.
*(37)
Oct. 10, (17.50 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Woods End, minor injuries to two persons
*(38)
Oct. 10 - Battery 444,
Rijsterbos, Middenleane, rocket fired,
(Time Unknown, impact unknown.)
Oct.
10, Batt. SS 500 arrives in Burgsteinfurt
to begin
operations
near Heek and Darfeld.

Wednesday
*(39)
Oct. 11, (08.05 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Haddiscoe.
*(40)
Oct. 11, (10.49 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at field near Rockland St. Mary.
*(41)
Oct. 11, (14.15 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted at Playford.
*(42)
Oct. 11, (18.07 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
A-4 rocket crashed near launch site between Rijs and Bakhuizen, killing
2 cows.

Thursday
*(43)
Oct. 12 (20.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impacted near Ingworth, minor damage.
After
Thursday, October 12 only targets were Antwerp and London.

Friday
Oct.
13, (09.45 hours) - 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, first V2
impact
in Antwerp. It came down at the corner of the Schildersstraat and the
Karel
Rogierstraat. 32 people were killed, 45 were injured and 80 houses
including
a museum were damaged, with 43 houses totally destroyed. (*CO)
**(44)
Oct. 13, (09.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(45)
Oct. 13, (13.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(46)
Oct. 13, (15.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(47)
Oct. 13, (17.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(48)
Oct. 13, (19.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)

Saturday
**(49)
Oct. 14, (08.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(50)
Oct. 14, (15.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(51)
Oct. 14, (16.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(52)
Oct. 14, (17.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)

Sunday
**(53)
Oct. 15, (08.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(54)
Oct. 15, (09.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(55)
Oct. 15, (11.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(56)
Oct. 15, (12.15 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)

Monday
**(57)
Oct. 16, (08.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(58)
Oct. 16, (13.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(59)
Oct. 16, (15.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(60)
Oct. 16, (18.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact possibly at dock nr 201 in the harbour. (*HK)

Tuesday
**(61)
Oct. 17, (07.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(62)
Oct. 17, (09.45 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact possibly in the Bouwhandelstraat in
Borgerhout;
25 houses demaged and no victims. (*HK)
**(63)Oct.
17, (12.00 hours) - Battery 444,
Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)

Wednesday
**(64)
Oct. 18, (13.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown (*HK)
**(65)
Oct. 18, (18.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
On
Oct. 18, at 08.15 hours, an air attack took place on Ockenburgh and
Bloemendaal
in Den Haag. 6 dive-bombers dropped their bombs.

Thursday
Oct.
19, (12.50 hours) - 3./836,
Merzig, rocket fired, came down
at
Kroonstraat / Oedenkovenstraat. 44 people killed, 98 injured & 24
houses
destroyed. (*CO)
**(66)
Oct. 19, (07.30 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact at the Fonteinstraat and Engelschelei at
Borgerhout;
2 people were killed, 8 were injured, 2 houses destroyed and 34
demaged.
(*HK)
**(67)
Oct. 19, (10.45 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(68)
Oct. 19, (17.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
A-4 rocket crashed near launching site. (*HK)

Friday
**(69)
Oct. 20, (07.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
**(70)
Oct. 20, (11.00 hours) - Battery
444, Rijsterbos, Middenleane,
rocket fired, impact unknown. (*HK)
*rockets fired from Rijsterbos
toward East Anglia.
**rockets fired
from Rijsterbos toward Antwerp, Belgium.
Through
Oct. 21-22, elements of Batt. 1./444, 2./444 and 3./444
were moving from Rijs to Den Haag on these days. Check this - when was it that the
444 got third launching table????

Saturday
On October
21, the third platoon of Battery
444 ??? started
firing against Antwerp from Rijs. Then
quickly
moved to Den Haag on the 22nd.
Oct.
21 - Batt. 3./485 opened the
same day fire against Antwerp from
Burgsteinfurt. Already operating in Burgsteinfurt since Oct. 10 was Batt.
SS 500.

Sunday
Oct.
22, (08.00 hours), (Batterie unknown), At Deurne, Antwerp, A-4 rocket
crashed
into Herenthalse Baan - Boterlaer Baan, the first V-bombs that crashed
in the area Deurne. 10 houses destroyed, 13 people were killed and 70
were
injured. (*CO)
During
the previous three weeks in Den Haag / Wassenaar, usually one or two
rockets
were launched on a day. But now with the Battery 444 troops from
Gaasterland,
no less then 6 rockets were launched per day. The new launch site was
the
Rijswijkse Bos, several meters away from a monument which remembers to
the peace was made in 1697.
On
Oct. 24, there were 6 rockets fired from sites at Wassenaar and
Rijswijk. On
Oct. 26, a new launch record was achieved by Battery 444 - a total
of nine (9) rockets were fired this day from Wassenaar and Rijswijk, of
which three within 25 minutes.

Friday
Oct. 27, (14.00 hours)
- Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Beukenhorst,
A-4
rocket
fired rises about 90-meters, then falls back onto launch site killing
12
German soldiers, damaging launch vehicles and equipment. This was the
worst
firing site accident that the Germans had during the Den Haag/Wassenaar
launch period. The Beukenhorst was cleared.
Oct.
27, Batt. 836 begins
operations against Antwerp from sites near
Burgsteinfurt, after having moved from Hermeskeil. In the end of the
month
the entire 836 was gathered, 3./836 came on 10-26 and 2./836
on 10-28.

Saturday
Oct. 28,
(+/-18.15
hours), Batt.
3./836, rocket
fired, crashed into the
Bontemantelstraat (densely populated part of Antwerp) killing
71 and
injuring 80 people. 85 houses were damaged entirely. (*JP-CO)
In
October, in total the Sonderkommando’s Batt. 485 and
Battery 444 launched
83 rockets of
which 5 failed.
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