Nanny Barbara - What the German's did next

The German army, on occupation of the Chateau, began building a V-1 Launching Pad.

The V-1 was essentially a flying bomb that was powered by a single jet engine and carried a 1,870lb warhead. If launched from northern France it could travel at 400 mph with a range of up to 150 miles. It contained a device that counted the revolutions in a tiny propeller in its nose, and when it reached the number calculated to have brought it over its target the engine cut out and the missile fell to earth, detonating on impact.

A Flying bomb in flight, as seen by the gun camera of an intercepting RAF fighter aircraft, moments before the fighter destroyed the V-1 by cannon fire

However, due to intelligence relayed to Britain from the French Resistance, the launch site and other launch sites, never became operational as the RAF bombed them 28 times between December 25th 1943 and June 1944.

This is a picture of the sad state of Bosemelet after the war.

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