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In the early morning of June 14th 1944, Britain heard a new and terrifying sound; it belonged to a small jet propelled pilot-less aeroplane travelling through the night sky in excess of 400 mph.Then there was silence......then a large explosion; the guided missile age had arrived......V-1!
The photographs above show the newly installed 75th commemorative replica flying bomb launch catapult at Guerville, France. It was from this site that the very first flying bomb was dispatched on a course for London; in the coming months nearly 10,000 more would follow from similar launch sites across northern France. Three launch sites, Campneuseville, Val Ygot and Guerville in Lower Normandy, have now been given replica ramps for those visitors interested in seeing what they once looked like.
(Photographs courtesy of Yannick Delafosse. Painting reproduced courtesy of the Val Ygot trustees)
The photographs above show the newly installed 75th commemorative replica flying bomb launch catapult at Guerville, France. It was from this site that the very first flying bomb was dispatched on a course for London; in the coming months nearly 10,000 more would follow from similar launch sites across northern France. Three launch sites, Campneuseville, Val Ygot and Guerville in Lower Normandy, have now been given replica ramps for those visitors interested in seeing what they once looked like.
(Photographs courtesy of Yannick Delafosse. Painting reproduced courtesy of the Val Ygot trustees)
In Preparation and Coming Soon: "In Camera" Photo-Essay Feature. Fortress Tonbridge Update. The history of the British Cross Channel Gun Batteries.
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We acquire material for this website from a number of very different sources ranging from the interviewing of local people, the generosity of museum staff, the National Archives and extracts from relevant existing publications both long out of print and current. Where exact sources can be traced and identified we will always endeavour to credit accordingly; any omissions or lapses of this procedure are purely accidental and no malice is intended. Should a reader of this website feel that improper attention to the crediting of a source has occurred then please let us know immediately so that the oversight can be rectified?
Copyright Steve Sullivan, June 2019
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
