Message 1 - Re: The First V1 Falls on London Posted on: 15 June 2005 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. I have read this account of the first V-1 to hit London with much interest.

V1 (Buzz bomb) in Merton Park, London SW20. We lived at19, Springfield Avenue. Dad had won £102 on Littlewoods football pools in 1938 and bought the house with a £100 deposit.

The 500-pound bomb, which is believed to have been dropped over London during German bombing raids in the early 1940s, was discovered Monday by contractors working at a construction site.

Flying Bomb- V1 Bomb Damage in London, England, UK, 1944 . Image: public domain As the realisation sank in that we were safe, our minds began to function again, and we started to chatter nervously ...

On June 13, 1944, just one week after D-Day, London was struck by an eerie new sound - the first V-1 flying bomb. Unlike Luftwaffe bombers, this weapon didn’t need a pilot - it was Germany’s ...

Hundreds of residents were evacuated after the World War II-era bomb was discovered at a construction site. Seniors in the area were reminded of their wartime experiences as children during the Blitz.

British Army bomb disposal experts discuss the best way to dispose of an unexploded German WWII bomb found near London's Wembley Stadium, May 21, 2015. UK Ministry of Defence ...

Message 1 - Posted on: 09 February 2005 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. Dear Iris. This is a very interesting recollection, and your memory is indeed of the very first V1 to strike London.

On the evening of Thursday, June 16th. 1944, our next duty day after the sighting of the first V1 flying bomb to reach London proper, we went to bed wondering about what “Sparrow” had told us ...