Timeline for V-2 attacks, 1944-45

   This information was originally researched, collected, assembled, and translated in a cooperative venture joined by Rudi Velthuis, Ed Straten, Bert Koopman and Tracy Dungan. Revised with the expertise from John Pridige, Detlev Paul, Henk Koopman, Wolfgang Gückelhorn and Charles Ostyn, it has become a working list and therefore is subject to additions and corrections. It is by no means, complete or touted to be 100% completely accurate. It would be almost impossible to document all (over 3,000) V-2 attacks. However, we believe it is the most accurate list of V-2 attacks ever compiled.

The information has been collected from many sources that include bibliography sources, local Dutch archives, official German reports and eyewitness interviews. Much of the information found in previous publications contained numerous errors, which we attempted to sort and correct. If we were unsure of a report or source, we did not list it at this time. This list is NOT complete.

Many thanks to the continuing efforts of John Pridige of the UK, who has checked and crossed referenced much of the existing info with new data. John has made many corrections and additions, and is responsible for the rapid growth of this list.

This page last edited September 30, 2007 



September 1944
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Saturday

Sept. 02, - Battery 444 traveled to Euskirchen with orders to proceed south to attack Paris.

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Sunday
Sept. 03, - Batt. 485 moves into Den Haag (The Hague) to set up operations. The influential suburb of Wassenaar is chosen as the first location. 
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Wednesday
Sept. 06, (09.00 hours) - Battery 444, St. Vith, 18 km southeast of Malmedy (Belgium),  misfire.
Sept. 06, (09.40 hours) - Battery 444, St. Vith, 18 km southeast of Malmedy (Belgium), misfire.
(Both rockets came up to full power, lifted a few feet and then set back down on firing table, still vertical, when engines cut off. The intended target for each rocket was Paris. Battery 444 also suffered its first combat losses this same day when the unit was attacked by partisans.)
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Thursday
Sept. 07 - Battery 444 moves to a new site (17 miles southeast of former site) near Houffalize (Belgium). It was a place between Baraque de Fraiture et Houffalize, in an area (verry little village, only a few houses) called Petites Tailles. This is abaout 3 km south of Barraque de Fraiture.
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Friday
Sept. 08, (08.40 hours) - Battery 444, near Houffalize, Belgium, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Paris, indications are that the rocket exploded at high altitude.
Sept. 08, (11.00 hours) - Battery 444, near Houffalize, Belgium, rocket fired, impacted in "Charentonneau" à Maisons-Alfort in south-east of Paris, France. Six people were killed and there 36 injured.
Sept. 08, (18.35 hours) - Batt. 2./485, Wassenaar, crossroads of Lijsterlaan / Konijnenlaan / Koekoekslaan, A-4 rocket fired impacted Stavely Road, Chiswick - London, England.
Sept. 08, (18.35 hours) - Batt. 2./485, Wassenaar, crossroads of Lijsterlaan / Schouwweg, A-4 rocket fired hits Epping - (27 km N of London).
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Saturday

Sept. 09 -Batt. 2./485, Wassenaar, Beukenhorst, rocket fired, (Time Unknown) target London.
The R.A.F. located the first launching sites in Wassenaar and attacked. A heated battle ensued with anti-aircraft batteries.
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Sunday
Sept. 10 - Batt. 1./485 becomes operational at The Hague.
Sept. 10 - Batt. 2./485 spreads into Den Haag also, (next to Wassenaar), to set up firing operations.
Sept. 10, (21.25 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Wassenaar, Beukenhorst, rocket fired, impacted Fambridge, Southend.
Sept. 10, - Battery 444 leaves Houffalize and starts moving to a city park in Middelburg (Walcheren). At this time the unit was also designated now as a part of Gruppe Nord.
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Monday
Sept. 11, (09.02 hours) - Batt. 2./485, Wassenaar, Beukenhorst, rocket fired, impacted Lullingstone.
Sept. 11, (09.25 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Wassenaar, Beukenhorst, rocket fired, impacted Magdalen Laver.
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Friday
Sept. 15 - Batt. 2./836, Euskirchen, rocket fired, (Time Unknown), target Lille, (impact unknown).
Sept. 15 - Batt. 3./836, Euskirchen, rocket fired, (Time Unknown), target Lille, (impact unknown).
Sept. 15 - Battery 444 arrives at Walcheren from Belgium (via Germany) to set up operations against London.
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Saturday
Sept. 16, (07.32 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, impacted Southgate.
Sept. 16, (08.25 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, impacted Wembley.
Sept. 16, (10.23 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Yiewsley.
Sept. 16, (15.15 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Willingdon, near Eastbourne.
Sept. 16, (22.33 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Noak Hill, near Romford.
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Sunday
Sept. 17, (05.07 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Knockholt.
Sept. 17, (06.00 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted East Ham.
Sept. 17, (+/- 06.30 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, (impact unknown.)
Sept. 17, (+/- 07.00 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, exploded above the sea.
Sept. 17, (12.00 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Hockley, near Southend.
Sept. 17, (13.05 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Coulsdon.
Sept. 17, (06.50 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, rocket fired, impacted Lewisham.
Sept. 17, (19.52 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, impacted Brockley, Lewisham.

Just after noon on September 17, 1944, 12 Spitfires of No. 229 Squadron RAF took off from their base at Coltishall. Their mission was to scan a stretch of the Dutch coast looking for evidence of rocket activity. While patrolling at 12,000 feet over North Holland, they witnessed a V-2 rising in the distance at terrific speed. The rocket impacted several minutes later in greater London at Coulsdon. The Spitfires were too far away to discern the exact location from which the rocket had been fired. They could only report the general location, which was near the coast, possibly The Hague. Battalion 485 launched their final rocket of the day at 6:50 PM, which came down at Adelaide Road, Brockley, Lewisham, killing 14 people and injuring another 41.T Dungan, V-2: A Combat History of the First Ballistic Missile, 2005

Later that evening, 27 Lancaster bombers and 5 Mosquito's, acting on a tip from the Dutch underground, attacked the surrounding area near Beukenhorst between Raaphorstlaan and Eikenhorstlaan. The attack took place between 18.38 hrs and 18.48 hrs. 169 tons of Brisant high explosive bombs and twenty-four 250-pound marker-bombs were dropped. Sighted visually, the target was well marked and the attack was concentrated with many bombs falling directly on target. These heavily wooded areas southeast of Wassenaar were suspected as V-2 supply depots but in fact were not.Bomber Command; info supplied by Bert Koopman

 
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Monday
Sept. 18, (+/-20.00 hours) - Battery 444, Walcheren, Serooskerke, Vrederust, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Sept. 18, (19.02 hours) - Batt. 485, Wassenaar, A-4 rocket fired toward England, impacted Lambeth. Batt. 485 then temporarily moves to Burgsteinfurt, Germany, because of Allied airborne landings at Arnhem.
Sept. 18 - Batt. 836, Euskirchen, multiple rockets fired, (Times Unknown), targets were, Lille, Tourcoing, Arras, Cambrai, Hasselt, Mons and Maastricht, with an average of 4 rockets fired per day.
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Tuesday
Sept. 19 - Battery 444 leaves Walcheren. Operation "Market Garden" forces the Battery 444 north to Rijs in Gaasterland.
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Thursday
Sept. 21 - 1./485 and 2./485 return for operations in The Hague and start a new launch site at Hoek van Holland.
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Friday
Sept. 22 - General Kammler and General Dornberger are both concerned about the low amount of liquid oxygen, only 200 cubic meter a day, which could be used for only 24 rockets.
Sept. 22 - Batt. 3./836, moves to Hachenburg in Westerwald (Germany) and reopen operations, targets to be, Lille, Tourcoing, Arras, Cambrai, Hasselt, Mons and Maastricht, with an average of 4 rockets fired per day.

Batt. 836 and Westerwald info from the book "Hitler's Geheimwaffen im Westerwald" by Dr. U. Jungbluth.
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Monday
*(1) Sept. 25, (18.05 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, Rocket fired impacted at Hoxne (Suffolk) in a farm field, a stubble field at Castle Farm, Heckfield Green, in the Hartismere RD (Rural District), 12 houses close had minor damage. (RC)

At 19.30 hours Battery 444 rocket troops tried to fire another A-4, but the ignition cable burned through, so the launch was canceled.
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Tuesday
Sept. 26 - Batt. 2./836, also moves to Hachenburg in Westerwald (Germany) and reopen operations, multiple rockets fired, targets were, Lille, Tourcoing, Arras, Cambrai, Hasselt, Mons and Maastricht.
Sept. 26, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Liège.
Sept. 26, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Liège.
*(2) Sept. 26, (17.25 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, Rocket hit near Ranworth, 15 km North-East of Norwich, in farmland, the crater caused was 7.5 meters deep.
*(3) Sept. 26, (20.10 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, (impact unknown), probably crashed in the sea.
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Wednesday
*(4) Sept. 27, (11.40 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, Rocket fired impacted in a forest at Botany Bay Farm, Horsford, about 8 km north of Norwich.
*(5) Sept. 27, (13.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, (impact unknown), probably impacted in the sea.
*(6) Sept. 27, (16.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, Rocket fired and impacted close to the City Sewage Works at the village of Kirby Bedon. Two people had minor injuries.
*(7) Sept. 27, (18.45 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, Rocket fired and impacted at a pastureland at Beighton, no casualty's or damage.
Sept. 27, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, (2) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), targets Liège.
Sept. 27, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 2./836, Hachenburg, Helferskirchen, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Liège.
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Thursday
*(8) Sept. 28, (13.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, impacted North Sea near Horsey, England.
*(9) Sept. 28, (15.05 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserlaene, rocket fired, impacted in the North Sea.
Sept. 28, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Hasselt.
Sept. 28, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, rocket fired, (impact unknown), target Liège.
Sept. 28, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 2./836, Hachenburg, Helferskirchen, (6) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), targets- Liège (3), Maastricht (2), Hasselt (1).
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Friday
*(10) Sept. 29, (11.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted North Sea.
*(11) Sept. 29, (13.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted near Hemsby Beach, England, damaging 68 houses and causing a crater of 12 meters in diameter.
*(12) Sept. 29, (20.40 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted at Horstead Causing minor injuries to two people.
*(13) Sept. 29, (21.30 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted at Thorpe St. Andrew causing damage to 27 houses.
Sept. 29, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Roßbach, (4) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), targets- Hasselt (2), Maastricht (2).
Sept. 29 - Batt. 2./836, moves to Merzig (30 km south of Trier).
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Saturday
*(14) Sept. 30, (13.10 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted in southern England in swamp at Tunstall.
*(15) Sept. 30, (15.45 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, crashed on pad and exploded destroying "the little peace temple" and trees surrounding it, digging a crater 13 meters wide – 6 meters deep. German troop casualties.
*(16) Sept. 30, (20.15 hours) - Battery 444, Rijsterbos, Mirnserleane, rocket fired, impacted at sea or air burst.

At Rijsterbos (Rijsterforest), because of the explosion, the Mirnserleane (Mirnser road) was no longer suitable for launches so they went to the Middenleane (Midden road), and continued there.
 



October 1944
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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).

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



November 1944
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Monday

Nov. 13 - SS Werfer Battery 500 begins transfer from Burgsteinfurt (Germany) to the areas around
Ommen, Hellendoorn, Archem (Holland).

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Thursday
Nov. 16, (15.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Eelerberg, first A-4 rocket fired toward Antwerp crashes near sanatorium hospital.
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Friday
Nov. 17, (09.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
Nov. 17, (13.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
Nov. 17, (11.30 hours), (Batt. unknown), (location unknown), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp, in the St.-Joanna-Institute in the Ferdinad Coosemansstraat killing 32 people, 31 houses destroyed. (*CO)
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Sunday
Nov. 19, (09.30 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, impacted in Antwerp, Mechelschesteenweg, 7 houses destroyed, 7 casualties and 28 injured. (*CO)
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Monday
Nov. 20, (11.49 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
Nov. 20, (15.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
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Friday
Nov. 24, (10.15 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
Nov. 24, (22.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
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Saturday
Nov. 25, (12.21 hours), Battery 444, (Site 73), rocket fired, impacted crowded Woolworth's store in Deptford, London. 160 killed, 108 injured.
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Sunday
Nov. 26, (17.49 hours), (Batt. unknown), Den Haag, A-4 impacted 500 yards south-southwest of Folkes Farm; 2 casualties, crater 32 feet diameter, 7 feet deep.
Nov. 26, (09.30 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
Nov. 26, (18.35 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown.)
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Monday
Nov. 27, (10.51 hours), Batt. 1./836, (Site 601), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp, at the 18th-century building of the Institute of Lady for Christian Education in the Lange Nieuwstraat. 18 Dead. (*JP-CO)
Nov. 27, (12.04 hours), Batt. 1./836, (Site 601), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp at the crossroads of the Frankrijklei near the Keizerlei and the Teniersplaats, a few hundred metres  from the impact point of the previous rocket and while the rescue teams were still working at that incident. 130 Civilians and 26 passing by British soldiers were killed, 196 injured. (*JP-CO)
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Tuesday
Nov. 28, (10.53 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, impacted in Merksen, Gemeentepark, 1 casualty, 20 injured.
 



December 1944
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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, 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.

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Sunday
Dec. 03 - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, (Time Unknown), crashes on firing site killing three German soldiers.
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Monday
Dec. 04, (+/- 16.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, 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. 

On 09 December Batt. 1./836 begins operations at forest near Hillscheid and Hachenburg. Only target was Antwerp.
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Saturday
Dec. 09, (11.37 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired, impacted Antwerp-Kiel, 43 killed, 94 injured, 43 houses destroyed. (*CO)
Dec. 09, (15.04 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired, impacted Antwerp on Meir-Kathelynevest (Building of Agence Maritime), 25 killed, 45 injured, 14 houses destroyed. (*CO)
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Sunday
Dec. 10, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (2) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).
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Monday
Dec. 11, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (3) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
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Tuesday
Dec. 12, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (5) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 12, (07.40 hours), Batt. SS 500, (Site 400) Hellendoorn, 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)
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Wednesday
Dec. 13, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Thursday
Dec. 14 - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, 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 Gehlert. Only target was Antwerp.
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Friday
Dec. 15, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (4) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 15, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (5) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
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Saturday
Dec. 16, (15.15 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, 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, (evening) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, crashed near Heeten and Raalte.
Dec. 16, (17.01 hours), Batt. 2./485, (Site 183), rocket fired, crashed into the Twee Netenstraat killing 74 people, 79 injured, 24 houses destroyed, 65 houses heavily damaged. (*JP-CO)
Dec. 16, (Time Unknown), - Battery 444 or Batt. 485, (location unknown), rockets fired, impacted between Egmond and Bergen aan Zee, presumable in the dune area West of "Pollen."
Dec. 16, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (3) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 16, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Sunday
Dec. 17, (15.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, crashed near Schoonheeten (close to Heeten).
Dec. 17 - (after 15.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
Dec. 17 - (after 15.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Monday
Dec. 18 (+/- 19.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, 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, Hillscheid, (6) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 18, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).
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Tuesday
Dec. 19, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Wednesday
Dec. 20, (12.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Brentwood.
Dec. 20, (14.10 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Berkhamstead Hill.
Dec. 20, (16.55 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Cuffley.
Dec. 20, (19.20 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted the sea.
Dec. 20, (20.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, Nevendon.
Dec. 20, (20.30 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, (impact unknown.)
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Thursday
Dec. 21, (09.40 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted sea.
Dec. 21, (10.45 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Firstead.
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Friday
Dec. 22, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 22, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
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Saturday
Dec. 23, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (9) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).
Dec. 23, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (6) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 23, (13.35 hours), Batt. 3./836, (Site 605), rocket fired, impacted in Antwerp at Hoboken in Windmolenstraat, 130 injured, 10 houses destroyed, 80 houses damaged. (*JP-CO)
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Sunday
Dec. 24, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Monday
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)
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Tuesday
Dec. 26, (21.10 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Wassenaar, Duindigt, rocket fired, impacted Nazeing.
Dec. 26, (21.25 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, impacted Islington.
Dec. 26, (21.30 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, impacted Pitsea.
Dec. 26, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (5) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 26, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (8) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (two failures).
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Wednesday
Dec. 27, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 1./836, Hachenburg, Hillscheid, (6) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
Dec. 27, (Times Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, (7) rockets fired, (impacts unknown).
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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, rocket fired, (impact unknown). 
Dec. 28, (+16.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, (impact unknown). 
Dec. 28, (+16.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, rocket fired, (impact unknown). 
Dec. 28, (+16.00 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, 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, Hillscheid, (2) rockets fired, (impacts unknown), (one failure).
Dec. 28, (Time Unknown) - Batt. 3./836, Hachenburg, Gehlert, rocket fired, (impact unknown).
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Friday
Dec. 29, (06.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, impacted Southminster.
Dec. 29, (08.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, (impact unknown.)
Dec. 29, (09.00 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, impacted near Mundon.
Dec. 29, (09.15 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, impacted NE of Burnham.
Dec. 29, (09.30 hours), Battery 444 or Batt. 485, Den Haag, rocket fired, (impact unknown.)
Dec. 29, (16.29 hours), Batt.
3./836, (Site 605) A-4 rocket fired