The night of the V1, Dad had just come off duty and was in ... staying with relatives in Portsmouth, to escape from the buzz bombs. The people in the third house were away, but their daughter ...

Buzz Bomb, Doodlebug, and Vengeance Weapon. These are some of the names attributed to one of the Second World War's most fascinating aeronautical projects. Not for its contribution to the ...

It was the time of the V1 'buzz bombs' and for some reason I telephoned ... at home after his factory in Holborn had suffered serious bomb damage in 1941. There was no answer to my telephone ...

While the Loon wasn’t deployed in combat, the German V-1 killed more than 6,000 people in England and wounded another 18,000—highlighting the potential of the Buzz Bomb. Peter Suciu is a ...

Almost 10,000 V1 flying bombs were targeted at London, where they caused extensive damage.More than 6,000 people were killed in a few months by the V1s, which were known as "doodlebugs" or "buzz ...

l The V1 ‘Buzz Bomb’ – Vergeltungswaffe 1, retaliation weapon – also colloquially known in Britain as the ‘doodle bug’, was an early pulse jet-powered example of what would later be ...

Image: Douglas Model At the next moment there was a huge ... been blown out and showers of glass had landed on us. Flying Bomb- V1 Bomb Damage in London, England, UK, 1944 . Image: public domain ...

Earlier in November 1939, German scientist Fritz Gosslau began working on a remote-controlled flying bomb ... three squadrons of late-model Spitfire MK. XIVs to hunt buzz bombs.