Five Brothers and a War

Major V-2 “Accidents” in Den Haag

DATE

LAUNCH

CRASH SITE

OUTCOME

October 27, 1944

Rijswijk

Kruisvaarders van St. Jan

13 people, including 7 children (5 of whom were brothers) killed. 24 wounded.

November 11, 1944 December 8, 1944

Nieuwe Duinweg Stadhouderslaan (Gementemuseum)

Unknown

December 9, 1944

Koningin Wilhelminalaan

1 killed, 6 wounded.

December 31, 1944 (11:55 pm)

Voorschotenlaan

V-2 was intended to land on London

at exactly midnight.

January 1, 1945

Ockenburgh

Indigostraat

24 people, including 9 children killed. 50 wounded. 10 people killed. 41 injured. 12 people killed. 9 wounded.

January 25, 1945

Riouwstraat

the war

March 4, 1945

Vlietstraat

March 12, 1945 March 23, 1945

Flakkeesestraat Westduinweg

6 killed. 2 wounded.

March 26, 1945

Haagse Bos

March 18, 1945 (?)

w. de Zwijgerlaan

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