Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road, Stepney — last V-2 on London
27 March 1945 · London, Greater London
View this record on the map →- Date
- 27 March 1945
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- V2
- Casualties
- 134
- Location
- London, Greater London
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, landmark point
What happened
At 7.21am a V-2 struck Hughes Mansions on Vallance Road, destroying the central block of the flats and killing 134 men, women and children, many of them from the local Jewish community. It was the last V-2 to fall on London.
Also worth knowing
A memorial plaque in the rear courtyard records the names of the dead.