Author Topic: V2 rocket site excavation  (Read 6830 times)

Offline castle261

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Re: V2 rocket site excavation
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2020, 12:06:34 PM »
I only heard one explosion of a V 2 rocket in the Strood / Wainscot area in 1944/5 - (& the swoosh)
That one landed in Salter`s Cross area - I heard of no other - in the area.
I suggest it was an offical / unoffical explosion of unstable explosives - given the depth of the hole.

The RE museum  in Brompton - the Sapper - could have the answer - talk to him ( have V 2 there )

Offline Cosmo Smallpiece

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Re: V2 rocket site excavation
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2020, 11:34:05 AM »
"Its target would almost certainly have been either Lodge Hill or Chattenden military depots, which had been used to store explosives. Both are nearby." ??? :o

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V2 rocket site excavation
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2020, 08:15:58 AM »