The 80th anniversary of the first V-2 rocket to hit London

It’s 6:42pm on a damp Friday evening in suburban Chiswick when, without warning, what people thought was a gas mains exploded, killing three people and injuring 19 more. It wasn’t a gas mains though – but the first ever V-2 rocket fired at London, and this coming Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the V-2 attacks on London.
At a time when people were used to the sound of bombs falling and the familiar whine of V-1 rockets, the V2 was a silent terror. Travelling f