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quote We got married at the Hampstead town hall in Haverstock Hill unquote

Catalogue Reference:(MOL) 93.56/11

Suzanne Sampson describes her wedding in 1944 during raids by the doodlebugs or V-1s, which were the unmanned flying bombs launched from ramps on the Belgian and French coasts aimed at London. The first V-1 raid was on 13 June 1944. Londoners learned to fear these bombs as once the sound of the engine had cut out it meant that there was about 15 seconds to find cover before an explosion took place.

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