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= Originally, this
list was compiled by Ed Straten, Bert Koopman, and
Tracy Dungan, who worked together to conduct
research, gather, assemble, and translate this
material. It was later revised with the help of John
Pridige, Detlev Paul, Henk Koopman, Wim Govaerts,
Samuel Lucas, Olivier Vilain, and Charles Ostyn.
Since it is now an ongoing working list, it may be
updated or corrected as needed. The intention is not
for it to be presented as fully complete. It is
almost impossible to record every single one of the
more than 3,000 V-2 attacks. Still, we think it's
the most accurate list of V-2 attacks that has ever
been attempted in the past 20 years.
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 record it at this time. The information has been collected from many sources that include bibliography sources, local Dutch archives, official German reports and eyewitness interviews. Launching times given are according to German Summer Time (September 6, 1944 until 02:00 hrs October 2, 1944). Following that is Central European Time (02:00 hrs October 2, 1944 until March 28, 1945). Despite the fact that impact times are helpful for identification, they are subjective due to the fact that many times the reporting is less than reliable. Records for V-2 batteries are not available for all attacks. Based on known locations in action and tactical range, a logical conclusion can be drawn in some cases. However, these launches may not be recorded in this list without conclusive evidence. Any new evidence is always welcomed. 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 and accuracy of this list. This page last edited March 25, 2024 |
| September 1944 By order of the Reichsführer SS, the date of the initial employment of the A-4 was set for September 05, 1944. Two officers were provided with the necessary authority to bring the two groups North and South into action. Leader of Group North was Major Mertin. Leader of Group South was Major Schulz. Shortage of time and the problems of bringing a new weapon into action, as well as the uncertainty of activities at the front, will hinder these plans. The staff of the supply platoon was divided. Oberst zum Eschenhoff remains in Group North, Major Jester is transferred to Group South for the supply task. Group South received a greater number of vehicles, for the transport platoon 899. In another meeting, Major Mertin was charged with the task to determine the transfer of the units of the former Harko 191 and Gen.Kdo. LXV. A.K. to the A-4 troop. On Saturday, September 02, Battery 444 traveled to Euskirchen with orders to proceed south to attack Paris. On September 04, 1944, the 1./485 and 2./485 left Schneidemühl for Kleve. Around September 05 the units left towards the Einsatzraum (operational area) west of Antwerp. The 2./485 arrived there, but due to the rapid advance of the Allies, Kammler pulled them back to Germany (Burgsteinfurt) on September 05 via Bergen op Zoom and Utrecht. The troops of Battery 444 remained further south and were located on a stretch of the Baraque de Fraiture roadway east of Samree, Belgium. (War Diary: Batterie 836).
 Wednesday Sept. 06, (10.30 hours) - Battery 444, Approx. 1 km east of Samree, Belgium, V-2 rocket #18589 fired (misfire). (*JP) Sept. 06, (11.40 hours) - Battery 444, Approx. 1 km east of Samree, Belgium, V-2 rocket #18593 fired (misfire). (*JP) 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. On September 06,
a new order came for the 2./485 to leave for
The Hague together with the 2./Tech91. They moved
into The Hague to set up operations against
London. The influential suburb of Wassenaar is
chosen as the first launching location. Just
after arriving in Wassenaar, Batt. 2./485 experienced
a storm that uprooted trees (one tree fell on
the test tent). Launches were also delayed by
problems with the new ground equipment. The launches on September 08 from Wassenaar lifted off simultaneously and were performed using the I-Gerät. However, confusing radio signals were transmitted during the launches and the reactions of the enemy were observed. On Saturday,
September 09, the RAF located the first
launching Sites in Wassenaar and attacked. A heated
battle ensued with anti-aircraft batteries. Later
that night, troops of Batt. 1./485 set up operations in the
Wassenaar area near The Hague. Group North
is reorganized: Major
Mertin is charged with special
tasks. Major von Ploetz now
is leader of Group North. Oberst
Hohmann is again leader of Battalion 485. Also on this
day Battery
444 left Houffalize
and started moving towards city
park in Middelburg (Walcheren). At this time
the unit was also designated now as a part
of Gruppe Nord. On its way
to Walcheren, first stop of
Battery 444
is Reichswald
south of Kleve/Cleves on September 11. There
Major Paschmeyer examines the route to
Walcheren and determines the launch sites. Command post of
Generalleutnant Kammler is set up at Berg
en Dal near Nijmegen. Transfer
of weapons and equipment
from Versorgungsführer I
to new troop
Art.Ers.Abt.271 in
Schneidemühl
The first
elements of Battery 444 and
3./Techn.Art.Abt.(mot)91 arrive at Bergen op
Zoom. Preliminary
troops proceed to Walcheren during the night
to establish the launch site
ahead of the main force.
Intensive
enemy air activities in Group North,
especially against traffic junctions. 150 aircraft bomb near a
launch site north of Den Haag,
without causing any damage to the
rocket troops. Bulk
of Battery 444
moved to Walcheren during the night. From
there the distance to
the center of London is
265 km. Meanwhile, Group South received
clearance for targets Tourcoing and Lille.
General Kammler had traveled to Walcheren and
was present when the first launches were
performed against London. "In Holland senior SS
and P. Cdr Netherlands, Ogruf RAUTER informs
Himmler on September 16 that the first two shots
were fired by the battery on Walcheren in the
presence of Gen. Kammler." However, the
preparations for the next round of launches were
hampered by intensive air activities of the
enemy. The supply line was interrupted for 12 or
more hours due to the bombings of the road
Bergen op Zoom/Middelburg between 19.00 and
20.00 hours. 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. Battery 444 launched their final rocket of the day that evening, 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 Very
intensive enemy air activity around
Nijmegen and Arnhem
during the start of Operation Market
Garden. Allied paratrooper
landings near the
command post of SB.2 near Nijmegen. After September 18-19 there were no V-2 troops near The Hague. Because of the Allied invasion of Operation "Market Garden," both the 1./485 and 2./485 moved to positions in the area Burgsteinfurt –Münster-Coesfeld with the new target area Belgian and northern French industrial area, while Battery 444 moved overnight to Dordrecht and supply site Blasig to east of Utrecht, then to Rijs in Gaasterland. Command post of SB.2 and Group North move to Darfeld. On September 22 General Kammler and General Dornberger were both concerned about the low amount of liquid oxygen, only 200 cubic meter a day, which could be used for only 24 rockets. On this day Batt. 3./836, moved to Hachenburg in Westerwald (Germany) to reopen operations. Targets would be: Lille, Tourcoing, Arras, Cambrai, Hasselt, Mons and Maastricht, with an average of 4 rockets fired per day.
On September 26 the
staff of Batt.
836 received
exploration and surveying assignment for new
operational area near Merzig. (*DP)
On
September 28 the advance command for Batt. 836 arrived in
new operation area near Merzig. (*DP) Batt. 2./836 departed for new
operational area near Merzig (30
km south of
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.
On September 30 the troops of Batt. 2./836 arrived in
area Merzig and moved into position. Command post
was in Niederlosheim. (*DP) |
| October 1944
Sunday On 01 October Batt. 2./836 began
site preparations in operational area near
Greimerath. (*DP)
On
October 04 Batt. 3./836 advance
commando
arrives in the operational area at Losheim and joins Batt. 2./836 in the area of
Merzig. On October 05 Batt. 3./836 began
setting up in the operational area
near Rimlingen, Site 204. On October 06 Batt. 3./836
began preparing new launching sites
at Rimlingen, Site 204. Between Oct. 04-12 Batt. 1./485 reports to have launched 10 times on Luttich from Burgsteinfurt. In total 27 impacted in the surroundings of Luttich.
On October 09-10 Batt. SS 500 arrived in Burgsteinfurt to begin operations near Heek and Darfeld. On October 10 the exploration of new launching locations for Batt. 836 in area of Hermeskeil was completed. (*DP)
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.
On October 21 troops of Batt. 1./836 arrived at unloading station Idar-Oberstein. During October 21-22 elements of Battery 444 were moving from Rijs to Den Haag on these days. Batt. 3//485 opened fire against Antwerp on October 21 from sites in Burgsteinfurt. Already operating in Burgsteinfurt since October 10 was Batt. SS 500 On October 22 Batt. 1./836 arrived in the
new position and began preparing the Reinsfeld
site for operations. Batt.
1./836 troops were billeted in
Reinsfeld. (*DP) 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 in the
Rijswijkse Bos, several meters away from a
monument to peace made in 1697.
On October 24 Batt. 1./836 continued
preparations on firing position. Technical Troop 4./91
arrived at the area, unloading at Hermeskeil
station. Their accommodations were in Beuren and
Prothrat. (*DP)
On October 25 one
platoon from Batt.
3./ 836 and one platoon from Technical Troop 1./91
change position to new launching area near
Hermeskeil. On October 26 the remainder of Batt. 3./836 began moving to new launching area near Hermeskeil. Technical Troop 4./91 was ready for work at 6:30 am. Batt. 3./836 and staff battery begin moving to new launching area near Hermeskeil. (*DP) On
October 27 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 45
minutes. On October 27 Batt. 1./836 began its first operations at firing site Reinsfeld in Raum Hermeskeil. Batt. 2./836 began movement to new launching area near Hermeskeil. The remaining parts of Technical Troop 1./91 arrived and were billeted in Deuselbach. Batt. 3./836 began preparing firing site Muhl (Site 602) near Hermeskeil, after moving from Rimlingen. (*DP) On October 28 Batt. 2./836, made preparations at new site Wirschweiler (Site 603) in area of Hermeskeil after moving from Greimerath. (*DP)
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| November 1944 Wednesay Nov. 01, (02.10 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningen (Site 69), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Woolwich. 7 Dead, 11 seriously injured. 6 Houses demolished. (*JP) Nov. 01, (03.06 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningen (Site 69), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Camberwell. 24 Dead, 17 seriously injured. 6 Houses demolished. (*JP) Nov. 01, (10.04 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19669 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (11.17 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19072 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (11.24 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19678 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (11.43 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19686 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact Merksem. (*JP) Nov. 01, (11.47 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19670 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact either Merksem or Broechem. (*JP) Nov. 01, (12.40 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19087 fired, target Antwerp, impacted SW of Sint-Truiden. Rocket disintegrated before impact. Debris fell on the areas of Velm and Attenhoven. 4 Persons seriously injured. Serious damage to 15 houses. (*JP-RD) Nov. 01, (13.54 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19780 fired, target Antwerp, there is evidence that this rocket impacted in the Antwerp area, although exact location unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (14.25 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, impacted SW of Brasschaat. (*JP) Nov. 01, (15.16 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19075 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact Moffenhoeve, Wommelgem, otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (15.18 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired. Possible impact Moffenhoeve, Wommelgem, otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (15.40 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired. Probable impact De Bosschaertstraat, Antwerp. 2 Dead. 58 Properties seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 01, (15.45 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired. Possible impact Antwerp (see previous entry) otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (15.47 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (16.46 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19768 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (17.10 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (17.31 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19666 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Dom. Ternesse, Wommelgem. (*JP) Nov. 01, (18.26 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Deptford (31 dead, 62 seriously injured, 18 houses demolished) or Wanstead (open land, no damage or casualties). (*JP) Nov. 01, (18.26 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Deptford (31 dead, 62 seriously injured, 18 houses demolished) or Wanstead (open land, no damage or casualties). (*JP) Nov. 01, (18.30 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, Possible impact E of Wommelgem, otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (18.30 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, Possible impact E of Wommelgem, otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (18.42 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19770 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP Nov. 01, (19.54 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19771 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (21.06 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19680 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 01, (22.35 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 168), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dartford, Kent. Fell in gravel pit. Moderate damage to one house. 1 Person seriously injured. (*JP) Nov. 01, (23.13 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired. There is evidence that this rocket impacted in the Antwerp area, although exact location unknown. (*JP) Nov. 01, (23.18 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 39), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wilrijk. (*JP) Thursday Nov. 02, (00.06 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bredabaan, Merksem. (*JP) Nov. 02, (03.20 hours) - Nov. 02, (09.52 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19684 fired, (double shot), target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (09.52 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19766 fired, (double shot), target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (10.00 hours) - Nov. 02, (11.20 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19652 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (12.20 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19085 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (12.30 hours) - Nov. 02, (12.33 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19078 fired, target Antwerp, probable impact Oudebaan/Mechelsesteenweg, Mortsel. 1 House partially demolished, 30 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 02, (14.30 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19781 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (14.53 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (15.02 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19773 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (15.42 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (15.44 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19074 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (16.55 hours) - Nov. 02, (17.49 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19774 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Appelkantstraat, Boechoet. 3 Dead. (*JP) Nov. 02, (18.47 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (failure). (*JP) Nov. 02, (19.22 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19667 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (19.27 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19646 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 02, (20.05 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Laar / Kattenberg, Borgerhout (3 dead, 2 properties demolished) or on open field in Berchem (30 properties damaged). (*JP) Nov. 02, (20.06 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19682 fired, target Antwerp, impacted either Laar/Kattenberg, Borgerhout (3 dead, 2 properties demolished) or on open field in Berchem (30 properties damaged). (*JP) Nov. 02, (20.52 hours) - Nov. 02, (21.15 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Melselepolder, Zwijndrecht. No casualties. (*JP) Nov. 02, (22.14 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19764 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Ieperstraat, Antwerp. 9 Dead, 6 properties demolished. (*JP) Nov. 02, (23.58 hours) - Friday Nov. 03, (00.08 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, impacted E of Lillo-Fort. (*JP) Nov. 03, (00.50 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch, Essex. Fell in field. Very slight damage to houses. 1 Person injured. (*JP) Nov. 03, (03.02 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19677 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Merksem. (*JP) Nov. 03, (04.35 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Lewisham. Fell on railway sidings. 20 Rail wagons wrecked, tracks displaced. 1 Person seriously injured. (*JP) Nov. 03, (04.48 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Vlaamskunstlaan / Edgard Casteleistraat, Antwerp. 3 Properties destroyed, 32 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 03, (06.38 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired. There is evidence that this rocket impacted in the Antwerp area, although exact location unknown. (*JP) Nov. 03, (07.08 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired. Possible impact W of Kapellen, otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 03, (10.07 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Linkeroever, Antwerp (8 Dead. 2 Properties demolished, 22 others seriously damaged), or Grotesteenweg, Berchem (2 Dead 25 properties seriously damaged). 2 Confirmed impacts correspond with this launch. Therefore either an additional launch was not recorded, or otherwise a V-1 impact was misreported as V-2. (*JP) Nov. 03, (10.30 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted River Thames, near Barking. 1 Person seriously injured. (*JP) Nov. 03, (11.00 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted SE of Schoten. (*JP) Nov. 03, (11.58 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19070 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 03, (12.30 hours) - Batt. 2./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19088 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 03, (13.10 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (site unknown), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 03, (13.22 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19282 fired, target Antwerp, There is evidence that this rocket impacted in the Antwerp area, although exact location unknown. (*JP) Nov. 03, (14.39 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19679 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Paulus Beyestraat, Deurne. 19 Dead. 18 Properties destroyed, 32 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 03, (14.53 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Merksem. Power Station damaged and taken offline. (*JP) Nov. 03, (15.10 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (failure). (*JP) Nov. 03, (16.12 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19769 fired, target Antwerp, impacted SE of Kontich. (*JP) Nov. 03, (17.27 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19286 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 03, (17.43 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19777 fired, target Antwerp, impacted E of Leuven. (*JP) Nov. 03, (18.50 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 03, (20.14 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Site 112), V-2 rocket fired, impacted dock area, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 03, (21.58 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Borsbeek. (*JP) Nov. 03, (23.15 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Muhl (Site 602), V-2 rocket #19291 fired, target Antwerp, there is evidence that this rocket impacted in the Antwerp area, although exact location unknown. (*JP) On November 03, 1944, Batt. 2./836 fired a final V-2 against Antwerp before they were ordered back to Peenemünde to test the possibility of launching V-2s from special railway equipment. While the other batteries of Group South continued with the rocket offensive, Batt. 2./836 would remain in the east until January 23, 1945. (*DP) After Batt. 2./836 had pulled out of Wirschweiler (Site 603), Batt. 3./836 abandoned the site at Muhl (Site 602) and moved to the position at Wirschweiler the following day. The condition of the roads, the road networks, and logistics were better at the Wirschweiler site. (*DP) Saturday Nov. 04, (02.30 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Heistraat, Wilrijk. 18 Dead, 13 properties demolished. (*JP) Nov. 04, (10.14 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19782 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Rijnkaai (Hanger 28) Antwerp. 1 Dead, 45 properties seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 04, (10.51 hours) - Nov. 04, (13.40 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19767 fired, target Antwerp, short shot (failure). (*JP) Nov. 04, (14.07 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (14.35 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact Fort 6, Wilrijk. No damage or casualties. (*JP) Nov. 04, (14.46 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact Merksem. (*JP) Nov. 04, (14.51 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact Houtemstraat, Berchem. 19 Dead. 18 Properties demolished, 125 others damaged. (*JP) Nov. 04, (14.57 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (16.31 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19783 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (17.37 hours) - Nov. 04, (18.00 hours) - Nov. 04, (18.04 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wilmarsdonk, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 04, (18.11 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (18.25 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (19.02 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19287 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (20.44 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 04, (21.42 hours) - Nov. 04, (23.36 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted NW of Merksem. (*JP) On November 04 Batt. 3./836 made final launch preparations at new position at Wirschweiler (Site 603). (*DP) Sunday Nov. 05, (00.31 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Romford, Essex. Fell in field. 1 Person injured. No damage. (*JP) Nov. 05, (01.10 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 135), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (01.25 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Penshurst, Kent. Fell in hop field. No casualties. Slight damage. (*JP) Nov. 05, (07.04 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Leopolddok, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 05, (07.40 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wandsworth. Fell on Tooting Bec Common. Slight damage to hospital. No casualties. (*JP) Nov. 05, (10.30 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19084 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (10.42 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (10.48 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bermondsey. Direct hit on girder-type railway bridge over Southwark Park Road. 1 Dead, 36 seriously injured. Bridge collapsed, 250 feet of rail track damaged. This bridge was previously damaged by a nearby V-2 strike on 26th October. (*JP) Nov. 05, (10.49 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19294 fired, target Antwerp, impacted a few kilometers SE of Schilde. (*JP) Nov. 05, (12.30 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Rainham, Essex. Fell on waterlogged land. No damage or casualties. (*JP) Nov. 05, (13.40 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19077 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (14.05 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19279 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (14.45 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (15.10 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19284 fired, target Antwerp, 1 Property seriously damaged. Local archive states this as V-1 impact, but ‘Crossbow’ data confirms it as V-2. (*JP) Nov. 05, (15.16 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Kielsevest, Antwerp. 5 Dead. 24 Properties seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 05, (15.30 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (15.46 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (15.56 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, impacted a few kilometers S of Kalmthout. (*JP) Nov. 05, (16.37 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch, Essex (airburst). 1 House damaged by falling fragment. Further fragments fell in nearby Dagenham. 1 Person seriously injured. (*JP) Nov. 05, (16.39 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19278 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (16.48 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (17.11 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Islington. 31 Dead, 84 seriously injured. 10 Properties demolished. (*JP) Nov. 05, (18.05 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (18.17 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19130 fired, target Antwerp, impacted near Deurne. (*JP) Nov. 05, (19.15 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19675 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Schoten. (*JP) Nov. 05, (19.52 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19290 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Schoten. (*JP) Nov. 05, (20.45 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 18), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 05, (22.35 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) On November 05 Batt. 2./836 began traveling to Buddenhagen, southeast of Wolgast, near Peenemünde. (*DP) Monday Nov. 06, (03.26 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19899 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (09.43 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Luton, Bedfordshire. Direct hit on cottages adjacent to Commer Motor Works. 16 Dead, 31 seriously injured. 4 Cottages demolished, another 21 seriously damaged (including partial demolition). Moderate damage to factory. (*JP) Nov. 06, (10.40 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 18), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Yalding, Kent. Fell in field. 1 Person seriously injured. Slight damage to property. (*JP) Nov. 06, (11.16 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19876 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact a few kilometers SW of Charleroi. (*JP) Nov. 06, (11.22 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, possible impact Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 06, (13.04 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 158), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (13.45 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19879 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Gasstraat, Antwerp. 28 Dead. 12 Properties demolished, 90 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 06, (14.53 hours) - Battery 444, Loosduinen (Site 18), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bexley. 3 Properties seriously damaged. 2 Persons seriously injured. (*JP) Nov. 06, (15.19 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Simonsstraat, Antwerp. 6 Dead. 61 Properties seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 06, (15.44 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19875 fired, target Antwerp, impacted near Schoten. (*JP) Nov. 06, (16.05 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19277 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (16.25 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19881 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (17.45 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Little Warley, Essex. Fell in field. 4 Properties seriously damaged. 4 Persons injured. (*JP) Nov. 06, (18.07 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19885 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (18.30 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19892 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 06, (19.59 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19890 fired, target Antwerp, impacted S of Deurne. (*JP) Nov. 06, (21.13 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19896 fired, target Antwerp, short shot, fell 300 meters from launch site, no damage. (*JP) Nov. 06, (21.40 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact a few kilometers SW of Kontich. (*JP) Nov. 06, (21.42 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19887 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Schoten. (*JP) Tuesday Nov. 07, (00.42 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19898 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 07, (01.03 hours) - Battery 444, Den Haag, Scheveningse Bosjes, N of Waterpartij (Site 47), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Weeley, Essex. Fell in field. No damage or casualties. Rocket disintegrated before impact. (*JP) Nov. 07, (02.38 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 95), V-2 rocket fired (failure). (*JP) Nov. 07, (06.37 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19824 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 07, (06.38 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 95), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 07, (09.00 hours) - Battery 444, (Site Unknown), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Canvey Island, Essex. Fell on marshland. No damage or casualties. (*JP) Nov. 07, (14.40 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Buurtspoorweglei, Borgerhout. 2 Dead. 30 Properties seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 07, (14.45 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dokken 43B, Antwerp. 1 Dead. (*JP) Nov. 07, (15.09 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Edegem. (*JP) Nov. 07, (16.50 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted near Zandvliet. (*JP) Nov. 07, (16.58 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 07, (17.15 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 158), V-2 rocket fired, impacted E of Kontich. (*JP) Nov. 07, (18.06 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact a few kilometers SE of Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands. (*JP) Nov. 07, (20.56 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, impacted near Sint-Antonius. (*JP) Nov. 07, (22.35 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19880 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 07, (23.24 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19897 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Wednesday Nov. 08, (01.20 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19877 fired, target Antwerp, probable impact Edisonlaan, Antwerp. 1 Property destroyed, 14 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 08, (02.22 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19242 fired, target Antwerp, failure, steep shot, fell 80 meters from launching point and impacted 20 meters from another V-2 #19889 toppling it from launching table, considerable material damage, 1 soldier killed and 2 others injured. (*DP) Nov. 08, (14.51 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19251 fired, target Antwerp, short shot, impacted near Veldenz (Mosel). (*DP) Nov. 08, (16.45 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19244 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 08, (17.13 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19238 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Boomsesteenweg, Wilrijk. 1 Property destroyed, 8 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Nov. 08, (19.58 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19254 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 08, (22.08 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19245 fired, probable impact near Nachtegalenpark, Antwerp. (*JP-DP) Thursday Nov. 09, (06.35 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19247 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (10.54 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19237 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact a few kilometers E of Wommelgem. (*JP) Nov. 09, (16.15 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted near Linkeroever, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 09, (17.05 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mechelsesteenweg, Lier. No damage or casualties. Rocket disintegrated before impact. Commander of AA battery in nearby Anderstad reported that the warhead impacted unexploded in a nearby field, and lay for 2 days before retrieval. (*JP) Nov. 09, (17.45 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either in or near the Schelde, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 09, (18.05 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 158), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (21.03 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (21.43 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19236 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (21.52 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (22.31 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19917 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 09, (23.05 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Berchem or SW of Broechem. (*JP) Nov. 09, (23.06 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19908 fired, target Antwerp, impacted either Berchem or SW of Broechem. (*JP) Nov. 09, (23.58 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19249 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Van Duyststraat, Deurne. 13 Dead. 17 Properties demolished, 72 others seriously damaged. (*JP) Friday Nov. 10, (00.36 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 133), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 10, (05.25 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 10, (06.38 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 178), V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea off Clacton. (*JP) Nov. 10, (06.54 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 174), V-2 rocket fired (failure). (*JP) Nov. 10, (08.10 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornsey. Fell near entrance to railway station. 8 Dead, 20 seriously injured. 12 Properties demolished. (*JP) Nov. 10, (10.02 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19234 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Linkeroever, Antwerp. (*JP) Nov. 10, (10.12 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted near Kontich. (*JP) Nov. 10, (10.24 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, impacted near Schilde. (*JP) Nov. 10, (11.45 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Erith. 2 Dead, 17 seriously injured. 6 Properties demolished. (*JP) Nov. 10, (11.50 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19878 fired, target Antwerp, impacted S of Deurne. (*JP) Nov. 10, (12.07 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19918 fired, target Antwerp, short shot, impacted 6 km SW of Hermeskeil on forest terrain, no damage, crater 8 meters wide, 1 meter deep. (*DP) Nov. 10, (14.12 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar (Site 68), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stepney. Direct hit on tenement block. 23 Dead, 93 seriously injured. 1 Five-storey block demolished, another partially demolished. (*JP) Nov. 10, (14.46 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19914 fired, target Antwerp, (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 10, (15.00 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire. Fell in ploughed field. No damage or casualties. (*JP) Nov. 10, (15.52 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19919 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact near Puurs. (*JP) Nov. 10, (17.36 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar (Site 68), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 10, (17.57 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19253 fired, target Antwerp, possible impact BlijdeInkomstraat, Borgerhout (1 Dead. 1 Property demolished, 74 others seriously damaged). Otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 10, (17.58 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, possible impact Blijde Inkomstraat, Borgerhout (1 Dead. 1 Property demolished, 74 others seriously damaged). Otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Nov. 10, (18.56 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 175), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Nov. 10, (19.29 hours) - Batt. 1./836, Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601), V-2 rocket #19648 fired, target Antwerp, impacted Antwerp-Kiel. (*JP) Nov. 10, (20.06 hours) - Batt. 3./836, Hermeskeil, Wirschweiler (Site 603), V-2 rocket #19903 fired, target Antwerp, impacted near Hoogstraten. (*JP)
On Monday, November 13, 1944, the
SS Werfer
Battery 500 begins transfer from
Burgsteinfurt, Germany, to the areas around Ommen, Hellendoorn, Archem, in Holland.
In November of
1944, a new unit was sent to The Hague: Artillerie
Ersatz Abteilung 271 (Artillery Replacement
Detachment 271). Detachment 271 was
originally formed to act as a buffer for the
operational V-2 units. Throughout the greater
part of 1944, they were responsible for training
the new recruits in V-2 field operations, while
at the same time, their members were available
to supplement the existing operational units. On
November 23, 1944, Detachment 271 was
incorporated into Battery 444, its
additional members helping to finally bring the
unit to full strength. Battery 444 now
comprised three operational firing platoons, a
technical troop section, a fueling section, and a
target acquisition and radio section.
On
29 November Batt.
1./836 received orders to
abandon Hermeskeil, Reinsfeld (Site 601). They
were ordered to move to new operational area in
the Westerwald. (*DP) After moving from
Hermeskeil, elements of Batt. 1./836 prepare for
launching at Hachenburg. They stayed until the end
of the war. They were joined in the
new area by Technical
Troop 4./91. (*DP) |
| December 1944 Friday Dec. 01, (00.10 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired, impacted in the Schelde, Antwerp, near Hangar 24. 20 Properties suffered light damage. (*JP) Dec. 01, (02.09 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 163), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (05.43 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 163), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (03.54 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (07.58 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Enfield (airburst - 2 persons seriously injured, slight damage to property) or Woolwich (1 dead, 8 seriously injured, I property demolished). (*JP) Dec. 01, (07.58 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Enfield (airburst - 2 persons seriously injured, slight damage to property) or Woolwich (1 dead, 8 seriously injured, I property demolished). (*JP) Dec. 01, (08.56 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 73), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Barking. Fell on marshes. Slight damage to sewage works. (*JP) Dec. 01, (09.26 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Brentwood, Essex. Fell in field. 1 Dead, 1 seriously injured. 1 Property partially demolished. (*JP) Dec. 01, (09.28 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Eelerberg (Site 400 - first period), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Castershoflaan, Merksem. 6 Dead. (*JP) Dec. 01, (10.19 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Barking (gas holder damaged and ignited, moderate damage to buildings. 9 seriously injured including 2 in neighbouring East Ham), or Leyton (3 dead, 32 seriously injured, 10 properties demolished). (*JP) Dec. 01, (10.19 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted either Barking (gas holder damaged and ignited, moderate damage to buildings. 9 seriously injured including 2 in neighbouring East Ham), or Leyton (3 dead, 32 seriously injured, 10 properties demolished). (*JP) Dec. 01, (10.57 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Eelerberg (Site 400 - first period), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (11.17 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (12.48 hours) - Batt. 2./485, (Site 163), V-2 rocket fired, possible impact Speelpleinstraat, Antwerp (8 dead, 15 properties demolished) otherwise impact unknown. (*JP) Dec. 01, (12.56 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 73), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch, Essex. Fell on allotments. Moderate damage. 33 Persons suffered light injuries. (*JP) Dec. 01, (13.03 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Laindon, Essex. Fell in field. Slight damage to farmhouses. 1 Person suffered slight injuries. (*JP) Dec. 01, (13.54 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Hellendoorn, Eelerberg (Site 400 - first period), V-2 rocket fired, probable impact in Sorbenlaan, Wilrijk. 2 Dead, 3 properties demolished. Allied radar tracking confirms this impact at 13:44 hours, however there were no other known launches around this time and it is therefore possible that the launch time was incorrectly recorded. (*JP) Dec. 01, (15.43 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired, impacted E of Sint-Gillis-Waas. (*JP) Dec. 01, (16.22 hours) - Batt. 1./485, (Site 152), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (18.10 hours) - Batt. 3./485, (Site 131), V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Dec. 01, (18.20 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornsey. 92 Feet of railway track demolished. 14 Persons seriously injured. (*JP) Dec. 01, (21.12 hours) - Battery 444, Hoek van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Paglesham, Essex. Fell in River Roach. No damage or casualties. (*JP) Dec. 01, (21.40 hours) - Battery 444, Scheveningen (Site 96), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Walthamstow. 12 Dead, 35 seriously injured. 6 Properties demolished, factory damaged. (*JP) In The Hague the V-2 firing Site at Ockenburgh is in the surroundings of the summerhouse, launching from the Monsterscheweg and from grounds close to the clinic.
On December 08 Batt. 3./836
received orders to abandon Hermeskeil,
Wirschweiler (Site 603). They were ordered to
move to new operational area in the
Westerwald. (*DP)
On December 09 Batt. 1./836 begins operations at forest near Hillscheid and Hachenburg. Only target was Antwerp. Until December 14, Batt. SS 500 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 Batt. SS 500 repeatedly succeeded in launching more than four rockets.
On December 14 Batt. 3./836 sets up operations near Hachenburg at Hillscheid and Gehlert. Only target was Antwerp.
On December 31 Batt.
SS 500 moved 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. |
| January
1945 Monday Jan. 01, (00.11 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Dalfsen, Site 410 (Hessum), V-2 rocket fired, impacted in Antwerp, in Borgerhout, Groeningerplein. 45 casualties and 33 injured, 21 houses destroyed. (*CO) Jan. 01, (01.50 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 78), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Laindon, Essex. Fell in field. 3 Persons injured. No damage. (*JP) Jan. 01, (04.54 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 78), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Leyton. Fell on forest land. Slight damage to nearby block of flats. 1 Person injured. (*JP) Jan. 01, (05.20 hours) - Battery 444 Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Halstead, Kent. Fell in wood. No casualties. Slight damage to houses. (*JP) Jan. 01, (06.15 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 78), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Sandon, Hertfordshire. Fell in field. No casualties. Slight damage to nearby buildings. (*JP) Jan. 01, (08.10 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 78), V-2 rocket fired (failure). Exploded on launch pad. (*JP) Jan. 01, (08.45 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Dalfsen, Site 410 (Hessum), V-2 rocket fired, impacted SW of Kontich. (*JP) Jan. 01, (08.47 hours) - Battery 444, (Site 76), V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea off Foulness. (*JP) Jan. 01, (15.08 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Dalfsen, Site 410 (Hessum), V-2 rocket fired, (impact unknown). Jan. 01, (17.15 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 19), V-2 rocket fired, several meters above the launch table the rocket turned 160 degrees. Blasting low over two cemeteries it came down in the houses in the Indigostraat, at the corner of Kamperfoeliestraat, at a distance of 3600 meters from the launch Site. 38 people lost their lives. The doctors and nurses, who were very quick to the crash, were not allowed to enter the area until after the Germans had collected the remains of the rocket Jan. 01, (20.38 hours) - Battery 444, Wassenaar, Site 74 (Duindigt - Rennbahn), V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea off Clacton. (*JP) Jan. 01, (21.57 hours) - Batt. 1./485, Loosduinen (Site 78), V-2 rocket fired (failure). Exploded after launch. (*JP) Jan. 01, (23.42 hours) - Batt. SS 500, Dalfsen, Site 410 (Hessum), V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wilrijkstraat, Borgerhout. 6 Dead. 11 Properties demolished, 65 others seriously damaged. (*JP) In the train depot at Scheveningen (Den Haag), on the corner of Harstenhoekweg/Zwolschestraat a V-2 depot is positioned.
On
this day V-2
rockets were launched at estate of Madesteyn,
between Maeweg and Monsterscheweg in The Hague. In The Hague a firing site was situated at level nearby villa of Ockenburgh, and in front of Laundry at foundation Bloemendaal.
On January 16, 1945, the
illegal newspaper the "Parool" published an article
in which the German civil authorities requested that
the Germans officers to stop the launches in the
city of The Hague because, even for the German
soldiers, there was a lot of useless suffering
because of accidents. The German commander of the
V-weapons replied that all failures of the V-2 were
only to be attributed to the Dutch people, because a
V-2 can only fail by Dutch sabotage.
Firing
site previously at Stichting Bloemendaal is moved to
Monsterscheweg in The Hague.
That evening Battery 444 leaves the Wassenaar
area and is replaced by Batt. 3./485 operating from the
same launch sites.
On
January 30, 1945, Batt.
SS 500 transfers to the Estate
Mataram near Emmen in Dalfsen,
Leitstrahlstellung moves to Ommerschans At the beginning of the New Year, in an attempt to increase his command stature, General Kammler renamed all of the rocket units. Battalion 485 became the Artillery Regiment z.V.902. Battalion 836 became the Artillery Regiment z.V.901. The SS Werfer Battery 500 became the SS Werfer Abteilung 500. However, the Table of Organization, which upgraded the V-2 battalions to regiments, was not finalized until February 7, 1945; and even then, it was nothing more than a restructure on paper. At the end of January of 1945 Training and Experimental Battery 444, after V-2 ending operations in the Netherlands, moved to Buddenhagen. There this battery was reorganisated and renamed with other units into Lehr und Versuchs Abteilung z.V. |
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February 1945 In the days prior to February
02 firing Sites in Den Haag/Wassenaar were
reported to be located in the
For a period of more
than a week no launches took place in Dalfsen
because of the soft ground caused by thawing of
the frozen ground. The roads needed to be
hardened.
On Thursday, Feb. 15,
several V-2 firing Sites were situated close to
the grandstands of the racetrack at Duindigt,
straight across Wittenburgerweg on the track, and
also behind a house at Buurtweg in Wassenaar.
It
was planned to use the Leitstrahlstellung-troop (guide-beam) for
operations for the V-2 firing site at Heek in Burgsteinfurt. This LS troop came from the 1./485 (after
reorganization of Abteilung
485 into Regiment
902) and arrived at Burgsteinfurt. On
February 16 Burgsteinfurt was bombed by Allied air
attack and this LS troop was destroyed. Three man died
and one man was heavy injured.
On Feb. 25, trucks and vehicles for the rocket troops
in The Hague are parked at Rust en Vreugd, at the
entrance Houtlaan, and also at the Buurtweg (Voorlinden).
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| March 1945
Part of the unit Mar. 02, (02.14 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Mar. 02,
(02.52 hours) - Batt. 3./485
(Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag,
V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Mar. 02,
(22.32 hours) - Batt. 3./485
(Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag,
V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) On
March 08, 1945, after suffering fuel supply
problems and very few rockets, Batt. SS Abt. 500 moved
back the the old firing Sites at Eelerberg Forest.
The last rocket from
Hachenburg area was launched around 14.58 hrs on
March 16, 1945. The failing supply of fuel and
Allied advance at Remagen, caused Batt. 836 (Art. Reg. 901) to be the first V-2 launching unit to
halt operations. On The V-2 launches continued
with an average of ten V-2s per day during March.
The majority of rockets were fired from
Statenkwartier and also a new launch Site
southwest of edge of the Haagse Bos. Because the
ground was very solid, there were few failures. Of
the 217 rockets fired from areas of Mar. 23, (03.17 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired
(impact unknown). (*JP) Monday Mar. 26, (00.55 hours) - Batt. 2./485 (Art.Reg. 2./902), Burgsteinfurt (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired, impacted NW of Antwerp. (*JP)Mar. 26, (02.10 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired (impact unknown). (*JP) Mar. 26, (03.59 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mar. 26, (04.15 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bermondsey. (*JP) Mar. 26, (04.36 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Mar. 26, (08.58 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Navestock. (*JP) Mar. 26, (14.37 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford (airburst). (*JP) Mar. 26, (15.18 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bromley. 1 Dead. (*JP) Mar. 26, (19.01 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Romford. 2 Dead, 34 seriously injured. (*JP) Mar. 26, (22.25 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Noak Hill. (*JP) Tuesday Mar. 27, (00.14 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mar. 27, (00.18 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Mar. 27, (02.57 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier , V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mar. 27, (03.24 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford. (*JP) Mar. 27, (03.59 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mar. 27, (07.12 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stepney, Hughes Mansions, 2 City blocks flattened, 134 dead, 49 seriously injured. (*JP) Mar. 27, (12.38 hours) - Batt. SS Abt. 500, Hellendoorn, Site 412 (Eelerberg - second period), V-2 rocket fired. Having been dormant since March 20, this battery resumed operations for this one final launch. Impacted west of the Mar. 27, (16.48 hours) - Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier , V-2 rocket fired, the final V-2 launched against Mar. 27, (22.45 hours) - Batt. 2./485 (Art. Reg. 2./902), Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired. Impacted Antwerpsestraat/Lieven Gevaetstraat, Mortsel, causing 23 casualties, 62 injured, 29 houses destroyed. (*CO) Wednesday Mar. 28, (06.15 hours) - Batt. 2./485 (Art. Reg. 2./902), Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired. Impacted Baathoek, Zwijndrecht. No casualties. (*JP) Mar. 28, (08.49 hours) - Batt. 2./485 (Art. Reg. 2./902), Burgsteinfurt, Site 117 (Strönfeld), V-2 rocket fired. The final rocket launched towards Antwerp and the final combat launch of the war. Creating a crater 10 meters wide, the warhead fell short of Antwerp at the edge of a pine forest plot in the vicinity of Putte, Netherlands. Approximately 20 mature pine trees and many more young trees destroyed. A nearby pavilion and villa suffered window and roof damage. No casualties. (*JP) The end of the rocket attacks against Antwerp came on March 27-28, 1945, by Batt. 2./485 (Art. Reg. 2./902), which was positioned in Burgsteinfurt at the launch Site Strönfeld. From March 09 to March 27 at Hellendoorn, Feuerstellung Nr. 412, Batt. SS Abt. 500 launched about 38 V-2 rockets, with 3 failures. On Wednesday, March 28, - Batt. SS Abt. 500 leaves Hellendoorn because of the Allied advance. The unit was split up into various parts that all left the launching area on different days, with different destinations. The third platoon, followed by the first platoon, and then the second platoon of the SS 500 left the area last. Some soldiers of the Batt. SS Abt. 500 were, in the last phase of the war, were equipped with Nebel-Werfers (15 cm, Do-Werfer). They were supposed to travel to Berlin to battle against the Russians. But, the SS 500 soldiers never made it to Berlin and were scattered during the Allied advance. Also on Wednesday, March 28, Batt. 1./485 (Art. 1./902) and Batt. 2./485 (Art. 2./902) withdrew on to Fallingbostel, 23 miles north of Hanover, they arrived on April 01. One day later, the Batt. 3./485 (Art. 3./902) launched its last two rockets before it also retreated to Fallingbostel. After the retreat from its operational area in late March 1945, the Batt. 836 (Art. Rgt. 901) originally was to have gathered at BRAMSCHE (about 10 miles west of Osnabruck) for the so-called "Ziethen Undertaking". The deterioration of the military situation, however, prevented this. Instead, the "Blucher Undertaking" was ordered, in which the units were to move to Celle (about 20 miles north of Hanover). From there the remaining rockets were to be fired against the "Kustrin Fortress" (the polish Kostrzyn of today, about 60 miles northeast of Berlin). The plan fell apart because of the total breakdown in Germany. As a result, all of Gruppe Süd's equipment was destroyed in the area of Celle, to prevent capture, on April 7, 1945. SS-General Kammler had already given the order to reorganize the rocket units into infantry regiments. The war diary of the Batt. 836 (Art. Rgt. 901) stated on April 8, that - with all of their specialized equipment destroyed, the FR Gruppe had lost its character as an elite unit. They were now nothing more than an infantry combat group. There is some information that seems to indicate that Battery 444 fired additional rockets from the area around Verden in Germany as late as April 05-06. In January of 1945 Battery 444, after V-2 ending operations in the Netherlands, moved to Buddenhagen. There this battery was reorganisated and renamed with other units into Lehr- und Versuchs Abteilung. A portion of the 444 troops formed one small launching troop and fired rockets from the site at Heek as late as March 27. The other part unit went at the end of February/beginning of March to Rethem for A-4/V-2 test launches. But in Rethem no rocket was fired. Lehr- und Versuchs Abteilung moved deeper into Germany, arriving in a place called Welmbüttel in Schlesig Holstein, northern Germany. The unit had reportedly already fired two new test series V-2s from this area a few weeks earlier sometime in the first days of March at a place called Armsen (southeast of Verden an der Aller) in the direction of the northsea. Some of the soldiers of that unit had taken quarter in these villages and stayed there after the end of the war. Eyewitness reports said that on Good Friday and Easter there were no firings, but on April 05 the residents saw the first launching of a V-2 from Welmbüttel in Schlesig Holstein, in the direction of the northsea. On April 6, there was a misfire resulting in a crash near one of the launch Sites. Eyewitnesses report a total of five rockets fired from these areas. In the following days, all the rockets were moved away from this area and most probably destroyed by the rocket troops near Celle. These last firings are not related to operational attacks. They were only test firings, but they do give an idea of the movements of remnants of Battery 444 (*MG) |
| From Oct. 7 - Mar. 30, 152 V-2's crashed in the Antwerp harbour killing 131 workers there. During the last phase of the operations, the daily rate of fire for Gruppe Süd, due to the problems mentioned above, was clearly lower than that of Gruppe Nord, and amounted to an average of about four rockets per day. Although the war was ended another accident with a V-2 happened in Holten (Holland). On April 30, at the crossroads of Rijssenseweg/Markeloseweg a "Bomb Disposal Lorry" drove, that carried the highly explosive top of a V-2 rocket. Suddenly it exploded killing 6 people. One of the persons was sitting on the top of the rocket and nothing of him was found anymore. Near the castle De Waardenborch, there is still a monument remember this accident. By the end of the V-2
campaign about 3172 V-2s where launched.
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