Picture No | 10252040 |
Date | 1944 - 1945 |
Description | V-2 lands on London |
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An artists impression of a V-2 rocket landing in a London street. In reality the rocket would not have been seen, as it's speed at arrival was up to four times the speed of sound. From September 1944 to March 1945 over 1300 V-2 rockets were fired at London.
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Source | Illustration by Roland Davies The Sphere, 20 October 1945 page 76 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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