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Oct 25th, Wednesday-Journal Entry-Bombs and Guns



Oct 25-Lellig to Matternach-
Tied in with Party 1 on R.R.-
Lt Jones & G. S. scared out of house by civilian in sports roadster0
In at noon-
Transferring notes to correct notebook all afternoon-

O1:20 Big Buzz Bomb barely 200 ft. overhead-going south
Thundering 400 M.P.H.
Machine guns fire but miss.
Buzz Bombs going into 1st Army positions

Lu from Rae Hight's book: For quite a while, we surveyed the areas back and forth between and through Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg. Though the distances were not great, the continued movement required a certain amount of reorganizing each time. By the end of October we were in the Mompach-Berbourg area of eastern Luxemboug, near the front. It was not long before German shells landed not too far away.

Our main reminders that the army was just a few kilometers away were the nightly visits by "Bed Check Charlie," buzz bombs that whizzed overhead each night about midnight.



The V-1 flying bomb —also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern or Maikäfer —was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power. The V-1 was the first of the so-called "Vengeance weapons" series deployed for the terror bombing of London. Wikipedia
EngineArgus As 109-014 Pulsejet
Guidance systemGyrocompass based autopilot
Speed640 km/h (400 mph) flying between 600 and 900 m (2,000 and 3,000 ft)
Operational range250 km (160 mi)
Warhead weight850 kg (1,870 lb)

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