This booklet is entitled "FLYING BOMBS", describing and illustrating the discovery of the V-1, the bomb in flight, the Royal Air Force's air defences and response, the destruction of London, distressed residents and the subsequent rescue efforts. The front cover is inscribed "THIS LEAFLET IS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT (AGENCY IN CANADA): THE UNITED KINGDOM INFORMATION OFFICE, 139 1/2 SPARKS STREET, OTTAWA), AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA ON THEIR BEHALF BY EMPIRE INFORMATION, 330 BAY STREET, TORONTO, CANADA." The heading "Vergeltungswaffe-1" appears on page 3, followed by eleven subheadings throughout the text of the booklet (I. DISCOVERY AT PEENEMUNDE, II. OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE LAUNCHING SITES, III. LONDON'S DEFENSE TAKES SHAPE, IV. THE SECOND BATTLE OF LONDON BEGINS, V. EXPERIENCE PUT TO USE, VI. THE SCORE, VII. THOSE WHO WERE TARGETS, VIII. STRANGE BEHAVIOR, IX. REBUILDING, X. BUT STILL THEY COME, XI. HOW IT WORKS). It is composed of 24 pages printed in black ink, containing 22 photographs throughout, with a cut-away diagram of the V-1 bomb, along with being marked "Printed in U.S.A." and coded "FB-50-12-44" on page 24, dual-staple bound, 176 mm x 228 mm, with a small piece missing on the corner on the back cover, edge wear, better than very fine.
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A Wartime V-1 "Flying Bombs" Public Information Leaflet
Footnote: The German V-1 missile or V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe-1 = Vengeance Weapon 1"), also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherrystone) or Maikäfer (maybug) was an early cruise missile and the first production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power. The V-1 was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Center by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. During initial development it was known by the codename "Cherry Stone". It was the first of the so-called "Vengeance weapons" (V-weapons or Vergeltungswaffen) series designed for terror bombing of London. Due to its limited range, the thousands of V-1 missiles launched into England were fired from launch facilities along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts. The first V-1 was launched at London on June 13, 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landings in Europe. At its peak, more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at south-east England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces. After this, the V-1s were directed at the port of Antwerp and other targets in Belgium, with 2,448 V-1s being launched. The attacks stopped only a month before the war in Europe ended, when the last launch site in the Low Countries was overrun on March 29, 1945. The British operated an arrangement of air defences, including anti-aircraft guns and fighter aircraft, to intercept the bombs before they reached their targets as part of Operation Crossbow, while the launch sites and underground V-1 storage depots were targets of strategic bombing
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