V1 Flying Bomb site at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
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V1 Flying Bomb site at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
Of the 45 V1s launched against Manchester on December 24th 1944, one came down harmlessly in a field to the south of Oswaldtwistle. The farmer’s son was able to point out where he believed the V1 came down and gave me permission to have a look around. He was able to narrow it down to an area of about 75 square metres. As with the Edgworth site, a quick sweep with a metal detector picked up a few signals here and there, but really these could have been anything.
For an overview of this air attack, please see here;
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The texture really suits the mood of the shot , great work Ian
great series of storys ian like the textured photo
Wonderful processing Ian, the texture works so well on this photo!!!:-)
Great story Ian – the texture makes it look like you`ve just plucked the print out from an old long lost album, great stuff !
Like that texture.Might have to have a go at that at some point.
Your report appears very objective. Nice work.
love the texture addition to this shot!
Thankyou for sharing
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My mother was a nurse in Blackburn Hospital when the V1 went right overhead sounding very low and they heard the distinctive noise and the nurses threw themselves over the patients beds to protect them. Mum said it kept going and went down somewhere up the road. I read somewhere it was carrying propaganda material. This is probably the one that crashed around Oswaldtwistle although it would have been travelling from west to east, though I understand it was launched from the east.
Hi John, the missiles did carry propaganda – magazines such as ‘Signal’ which were ejected before they came down.
It is also possible that the V1 could have been travelling west to east because they often turned. The one at Brindle, Chorley spiralled down.
Ian