V-weapons vast majority aimed at London; 2,515 reached the city, killing 6,184 civilians and injuring 17,981. Croydon to the south, on the flight path of the V1s suffered severely taking 142 hits. V-2 rocket launching sites were set up by the Germans around The Hague in the Netherlands on 6 September 1944. The first was launched from here against London on 8 September 1944 and took an estimated 5 minutes to fly the 200 miles from the Hague to London where it struck at 6.43pm on 8 September on Chiswick causing thirteen casualties. As the V2 explosions came without warning, the
Pelican (bomb) for service in the Pacific Theatre, and the number of Venturas that could be converted was limited by operational needs; as a result, despite successful tests, including one on 9 September 1944 that saw two of four Pelicans launched hit the target hulk , the program was cancelled on 18 September 1944 by Admiral Ernest King. The resources devoted to the project were redirected to accelerated development of its successor, the U.S. Navy-deployed Bat. Pelican (bomb) The Pelican, also known as Bomb Mark 55 and, in one version, SWOD Mark 7, was a guided bomb developed by the United States