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On Tues. 31 Oct 1944 A German V-2 rocket hit Swedish Yard of Surrey Com.....

1944-10-31

The story

A German V-2 rocket hit Swedish Yard of Surrey Commercial Docks in Bermondsey, London at 0256 hours, damaging several wheat containers. Another rocket hit the Royal Victoria Dock at Earlham Grove, West Ham in the afternoon.

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