Thursday March 01, (+/- 02.30 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Little Leighs.

Thursday March 01, (05.01 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stapleford Tawney.  

Thursday March. 01, (15.22 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Walthamstow.

Thursday March 01, (16.04 hours) – Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wickford.

Thursday March 01, (17.25 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 V-2 rocket fired, impacted Horndon-on-the-Hill.

Thursday March 01, (23.07 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham.

Part of the unit Battery 444 fired two new test series V-2/V-2s in the first days of March at a place called Armsen (southeast of Verden an der Aller) in the direction of the North Sea, Northern Germany.

Friday March 02, (00.57 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ashingdon.

Friday March 02, (02.14 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Havering-atte-Bower.  

Friday March 02, (05.35 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Epping Forest.

Friday March 02, (05.46 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired impacted Chigwell (airburst).

Friday March 02, (05.47 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Fambridge.

Friday March 02, (08.11 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Southend.

Friday March 02, (09.19 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Brentwood.  

Friday March 02, (22.59 hours) – Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Chigwell.

Saturday March 03, (01.06 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Foulness Island.

Saturday March 03, (03.29 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Theydon Bois

Saturday March 03, (05.55 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford. Ten people dead.

Saturday March 03, (06.10 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Clacton.

On March 03 a total of (56) Allied medium bombers mounted an attack of the Duindigt/Haagse Bos, the suspected headquarters in Marlot and the western part of the forested Haagse Bos, where much of the V-2 material was stored. Because of a mistake in the navigation the first bombs were dropped southeast of the Haagse Bos instead of northwest. Many Dutch civilians of the Bezuidenhout quarter were killed by mistake. Later that evening, while the fires from the ill-fated attack were still burning, the Germans fired several rockets to show the Allies that the bombers missed their intended target.

Sunday March 04, (01.32 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Havering-atte-Bower.

Sunday March 04, (08.16 hours) – Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Chingford. No casualties, but one person killed by falling loose debris approximately 30 minutes after impact.

Sunday March 04, (08.59 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Southend

Monday March 05, (22.29 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Rainham.

Tuesday March 06, (03.02 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham.  Thirty one people killed.

Tuesday March 06, (03.03 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Rainham.

Tuesday March 06, (06.14 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Barking.

Tuesday March 06, (12.25 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bowers Gifford.

Tuesday March 06, (16.54 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Walthamstow. Five people killed.

Tuesday March 06, (23.13 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Chigwell.

Tuesday March 06, (23.20 hours) – Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford. Eleven people dead.

Wednesday March 07, (03.10 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stanford Rivers.

Wednesday March 07, (16.54 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Duindigt, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Waltham Holy Cross. Five people killed.

Wednesday March 07, (21.57 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford.

Wednesday March 07, (23.28 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dagenham.

Thursday March 08, (00.46 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Chigwell.

Thursday March 08, (03.21 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Writtle.

Thursday March 08, (04.17 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Wassenaar, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Clacton

Thursday March 08, (04.59 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford. Twelve people killed.

Thursday March 08, (09.05 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Wassenaar, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham.

On March 08, 1945, after suffering fuel supply problems and very few rockets, Batt. SS Abt. 500 moved back the old firing Sites at Eelerberg Forest.

Friday March 09, (04.00 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Pitsea. Two people dead.

Friday March 09, (08.31 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Thames Estuary near Southend.

Friday March 09, (13.45 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Waltham Holy Cross. Two people dead.

Friday March 09, (22.54 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted South Ockendon.

Saturday March 10, (01.21 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Brentwood.

Saturday March 10, (04.18 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Rawreth.

Sunday March 11, (07.06 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Foulness Island. Warhead unexploded.

Sunday March 11, (07.34 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham. Five people dead.

Sunday March 11, (20.39 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Canvey Island.  

Sunday March 11, (21.48 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bulphan Fen.

Monday March 12, (00.18 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Upminster. Five people dead.

Monday March 12, (01.24 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stanford Rivers.

Monday March 12, (02.02 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Clacton.

Monday March 12, (04.36 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Little Warley.

Monday March 12, (04.43 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Chigwell

Monday March 12, (05.00 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch.

Monday March 12, (07.14 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Althorne.

Monday  March 12, (08.57 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stanford-le-Hope (airburst).

Monday March 12, (11.10 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Thorpe-le-Soken. One person killed.

Monday March 12, (21.16 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Epping.  
 
Monday March 12, (23.43 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Nazeing.

Tuesday March 13, (03.23 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Tillingham Marshes (airburst)

Tuesday March 13, (06.24 hours) – Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Shenfield.

The war diary of Batt. 836 (Art. Reg. 901) stated on March 13, that; “…the long awaited supply train, which had left for Gruppe Süd on March 8, had still not been found.” Instead, a train which had left from Friedrichshafen later on had arrived. As a result, the Batt. 3./836 (Art. Reg. 3./901) launched V-2s against Antwerp.

Wednesday  March 14, (00.36 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Havering-atte-Bower.

Thursday March 15, (02.36 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dagenham, in River Thames.

Thursday March 15, (06.21 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Rayleigh.

Thursday March 15, (23.41 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted River Blackwater, Essex.

Friday March 16, (02.49 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea near Clacton.

Friday March 16, (08.45 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted East Ham. Eight people killed.

Friday March 16, (09.31 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dengie.

The last rocket from Hachenburg area was launched around 14.58 hrs on March 16, 1945. The failing supply of fuel and Allied advance at Remagen, caused Batt. 836 (Art. Reg. 901) to be the first V-2 launching unit to halt operations.

Saturday March 17, (00.01 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Upminster.

Saturday March 17, (00.50 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch.

Saturday March 17, (03.29 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wennington.

On March 17, 1945, the SS Werfer Battery 500, on orders from Himmler, fired 11 rockets at the Remagen bridgehead, which had recently been captured by the Allies, in an attempt to disrupt the advancing American troops crossing over the Rhine.

Sunday March 18, (00.32 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham.

Sunday March 18, (01.27 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, exploded in the air in the north of Cranham, England damaging six cottages.

Sunday March 18, (01.55 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier , V-2 rocket fired, impacted Battlesbridge.

Sunday March 18, (+/- 01.58 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Epping.

Sunday March 18, (06:34 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hutton. Warhead unexploded.

Sunday March 18, (06.39 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Barking.

Sunday March 18, (+/- 12.49 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, (impact unknown – possible air break-up soon after launch)

Sunday March 18, (23.58 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Theydon Garnon              . 

Monday March 19, (01.27 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch.

Monday March 19, (22.14 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Theydon Bois.  

Tuesday March 20, (01.22 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Little Warley. Farmhouse demolished. Three people killed and several cattle.

Tuesday March 20, (04.04 hours) – Battery 3/485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Hanningfield.  

Tuesday March 20, (05.31 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier  V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch. Warhead unexploded.

Tuesday March 20, (07.01 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted High Ongar.

Tuesday March 20, (09.47 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Mayland.

Wednesday March 21, (00.35 hours) – Battery 1/485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Wanstead.

Wednesday March 21, (18.38 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Romford (airburst).

Wednesday March 21, (21.28 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Little Saling.

Wednesday March 21, (22.34 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Woodham Ferrers.

Wednesday March 21, (23.46 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stanstead.

Thursday March 22, (02.01 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Bradwell.

Thursday March 22, (02.31 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Canewdon.

Thursday March 22, (02.38 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Epping. Four people killed.

Thursday March 22, (05.18 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Buttsbury.

Thursday March 22, (05.43 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Boreham.

Thursday March 22, (05.57 hours) – Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Leyton (airburst).

Thursday March 22, (06.58 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted River Colne, Brightlingsea.

Thursday March 22, (07.37 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Clacton.

Thursday March 22, (08.07 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Dagenham.

Thursday March 22, (09.45 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier , V-2 rocket fired, impacted Woodham Ferrers.

Thursday March 22, (10.24 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford (airburst).

Thursday March 22, (23.38 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Southminster.  

The V-2 launches continued with an average of ten V-2s per day during March. The majority of rockets were fired from Statenkwartier and also a new launch Site southwest of edge of the Haagse Bos. Because the ground was very solid, there were few failures. Of the 217 rockets fired from areas of The Hague during March, no more than 19 failed.

Friday March 23, (03.07 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted North Sea, near Clacton.

Friday March 23, (06.19 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Theydon Garnon.

Friday March 23, (09.35 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Latchingdon.

Friday March 23, (12.21 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Stapleford, (airburst).

Friday March 23, (23.10 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Waltham Holy Cross.

Sunday March 25, (23.59 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Lambourne End.

Monday March 26, (04.36 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Hoek Van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Hornchurch. Two people dead.

Monday March 26, (08.58 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Navestock.

Monday March 26, (14.37 hours) – Batt. 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford (Airburst).

Monday Mar.26, (19.01 hours) – Battery 1./485 (Art. Reg. 1./902), Den Haag, Statenkwartier, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Romford. Two people killed and thirty-four seriously injured.

Monday March 26, (22.25 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Noak Hill.

Tuesday March 27, (03.24 hours) – Battery 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, Haagse Bos, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Ilford.

From March 09 to March 27 at Hellendoorn, Feuerstellung Nr. 412, Batt. SS Abt. 500 launched about 38 V-2 rockets, with 3 failures. On Wednesday, March 28, – Batt. SS Abt. 500 leaves Hellendoorn because of the Allied advance. The unit was split up into various parts that all left the launching area on different days, with different destinations. The third platoon, followed by the first platoon, and then the second platoon of the SS 500 left the area last. Some soldiers of the Batt. SS Abt. 500 were, in the last phase of the war, were equipped with Nebel-Werfers (15 cm, Do-Werfer). They were supposed to travel to Berlin to battle against the Russians. But, the SS 500 soldiers never made it to Berlin and were scattered during the Allied advance.

Also on Wednesday, March 28, Batt. 1./485 (Art. 1./902) and Batt. 2./485 (Art. 2./902) withdrew on to Fallingbostel, 23 miles north of Hanover, they arrived on April 1. One day later, the Batt. 3./485 (Art. 3./902) launched its last two rockets before it also retreated to Fallingbostel.

After the retreat from its operational area in late March 1945, the Batt. 836 (Art. Rgt. 901) originally was to have gathered at BRAMSCHE (about 10 miles west of Osnabruck) for the so-called “Ziethen Undertaking”. The deterioration of the military situation, however, prevented this. Instead, the “Blucher Undertaking” was ordered, in which the units were to move to Celle (about 20 miles north of Hanover). From there the remaining rockets were to be fired against the “Kustrin Fortress” (the polish Kostrzyn of today, about 60 miles northeast of Berlin).

The plan fell apart because of the total breakdown in Germany. As a result, all of Gruppe Süd’s equipment was destroyed in the area of Celle, to prevent capture, on April 7, 1945. SS-General Kammler had already given the order to reorganize the rocket units into infantry regiments. The war diary of the Batt. 836 (Art. Rgt. 901) stated on April 8, that – with all of their specialized equipment destroyed, the FR Gruppe had lost its character as an elite unit. They were now nothing more than an infantry combat group.

There is some information that seems to indicate that Battery 444 fired additional rockets from the area around Verden in Germany as late as April 5-6. In January of 1945 Battery 444, after V-2 ending operations in the Netherlands, moved to Buddenhagen. There this battery was reorganised and renamed with other units into Lehr- und Versuchs Abteilung. A portion of the 444 troops formed one small launching troop and fired rockets from the site at Heek as late as March 27. The other part unit went at the end of February/beginning of March to Rethem for A-4/V-2 test launches. But in Rethem no rocket was fired. Lehr- und Versuchs Abteilung moved deeper into Germany, arriving in a place called Welmbüttel in Schlesig Holstein, northern Germany. The unit had reportedly already fired two new test series V-2s from this area a few weeks earlier sometime in the first days of March at a place called Armsen (southeast of Verden an der Aller) in the direction of the North Sea. Some of the soldiers of that unit had taken quarter in these villages and stayed there after the end of the war. Eyewitness reports said that on Good Friday and Easter there were no firings, but on April 5 the residents saw the first launching of a V-2 from Welmbüttel in Schlesig Holstein, in the direction of the North Sea. On April 6, there was a misfire resulting in a crash near one of the launch Sites.

Eyewitnesses report a total of five rockets fired from these areas. In the following days, all the rockets were moved away from this area and most probably destroyed by the rocket troops near Celle. These last firings are not related to operational attacks. They were only test firings, but they do give an idea of the movements of remnants of Battery 444 (*MG)

From Oct. 7 – Mar. 30, 152 V-2’s crashed in the Antwerp harbour killing 131 workers there.

During the last phase of the operations, the daily rate of fire for Gruppe Süd, due to the problems mentioned above, was clearly lower than that of Gruppe Nord, and amounted to an average of about four rockets per day.

Although the war was ended another accident with a V-2 happened in Holten (Holland). On April 30, at the crossroads of Rijssenseweg/Markeloseweg a “Bomb Disposal Lorry” drove, that carried the highly explosive top of a V-2 rocket. Suddenly it exploded killing 6 people. One of the persons was sitting on the top of the rocket and nothing of him was found anymore. Near the Castle De Waardenborch, there is still a monument remember this accident.  By the end of the V-2 campaign about 3172 V-2s where launched.

Belgium	Antwerp	1610
	Luttich	27
	Hasselt	13
	Tournai	9
	Mons	3
	Diest	2
France	Lille	25
	Paris	22
	Tourcoing	19
	Arras	6
	Cambrai	4
England	London	1358
	Norwich/Ipswich	44
Germany	Remagen	11
Holland	Maastricht	19