V-2 lands on London

V-2 lands on London

An artists impression of a V-2 rocket landing in a London street. In reality the rocket would not have been seen, as it's speed at arrival was up to four times the speed of sound. From September 1944 to March 1945 over 1300 V-2 rockets were fired at London. Date: 1944 - 1945

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000634336
  • Registered date
  • 1944/12/31 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • ? Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2015
  • Media size
  • 4624 × 3674 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 300 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 3.09(MB)*
  • Special instruction
  • **The text may be generated by an automatic translation system**

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