Doodlebug // World War II Documentary

Dolly Howard remembers raising her children alone during the Blitz, when V-1 'doodlebug' flying bombs began falling on Britain in 1944.

A moving first-hand account of what it felt like to wait for the engine to fall silent.

71 years ago, on June 13, 1944, a frightening new terror weapon rained down from the skies. Britons accurately termed it the "Doodlebug" because of the sound the engine made, but the silence was far more terrifying.

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