V2

[CARL]

This week sees the 70th anniversary of the first V2 weapons attack on London. Below is a link to a BBC article addressing the weapons. The article briefly touches on the manufacturing process that was carried out at "Mittelwerk, near Buchenwald Concentration Camp" - this is actually KZ-Mittelbau-Dora, a former sub-camp of Buchenwald located near Nordhausen that later became a large independent camp and was the secret location for the rocket manufacturing facilities. The camp is addressed in the thread below.

BBC - Future - V2: The Nazi rocket that launched the space age

KL-Mittelbau-Dora

Also below, a brief video featuring Harry Howe, a former Stirling bomber pilot who participated in bombing raids against the V2 site where they were made. In the video, Mr. Howe talks about his involvement in a V2 restoration project.

BBC News - Bomber pilot restores V2 rocket

[Gunny Hartmann]

Cheers Carl very interesting stuff!...

[CARL]

Here is an image taken during an extensive study visit to the site.

[sandgroper]

Thanks Carl, incredible to think it's 70 years ago!

[Woolgar]

Great link Carl thank you

Its incredible how many of these were launched on London !!

Nick

[AZPhil]

Excellent article's Carl. Thank You very much for posting them.
Semper Fi
Phil

[duska]

Very interesting article, here are a few photos of a combustion chamber I found in Essex.

[harryamb2]

the last person to be killed by one of these [V2] was a lady in Orpington not far from where I live.

[big ned]

WOW! Are the 'people that need to know', so to speak, aware of the existence of this piece? I'm amazed it's still there, and more importantly, it's a significant historical piece of the war on the home front that needs preserving, not rotting away in a wood somewhere in Essex.

Regards, Ned.

[bigmacglenn]

I would've dragged that home immediately!
cheers, Glenn