Appendix 49: The Long-Range Rocket Offensive
(Compiled from British and German Sources; see also notes below)
Phase I | Phase 21 | Phase 32 | Whole Campaign | |
8/9/44–18/9/44 | 25/9/44–12/10/44 | 3/10/44–27/3/45 | 8/9/44–27/3/45 | |
1. Launchings 3 | ||||
(a) aimed at London | 35 | 1,324 | 1,359 | |
(b) aimed at Norwich or Ipswich | 44 | 44 | ||
(c) all told | 35 | 44 | 1,324 | 1,403 |
2. Arrivals | ||||
(a) in London Civil Defence Region | 16 | 501 | 517 | |
(b) elsewhere in U.K. | 9 | 32 | 496 | 537 |
(c) off-shore | 2 | 5 | 54 | 61 |
(d) all told | 27 | 37 | 1,051 | 1,115 |
3. Analysis of Arrivals in London Civil Defence Region and Elsewhere, by Localities and Months | ||||||||
Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Totals | |
London CDR | 16 | 32 | 82 | 47 | 114 | 114 | 112 | 517 |
Essex | 6 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 71 | 90 | 81 | 378 |
Kent | 1 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 64 |
Hertfordshire | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 34 |
Norfolk | 8 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 29 |
Suffolk | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 13 |
Surrey | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Sussex | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
Bedfordshire | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 |
Buckinghamshire | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Cambridgeshire | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Berkshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 34 | 91 | 144 | 121 | 220 | 232 | 212 | 1,054 |
NOTES
1 Includes only missiles aimed at Norwich or Ipswich.
2 Includes only missiles aimed at London; those aimed at Norwich or Ipswich between 3rd and 12th October are included in the previous column.
3 Of the figures under this head, those for Phase 2 and for the whole campaign are from German sources; those for Phases 1 and 3 are the author’s estimates.