Sloane Court East, Chelsea
3 July 1944 · London, Greater London
View this record on the map →- Date
- 3 July 1944
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- V1
- Casualties
- 77
- Location
- London, Greater London
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, landmark point
What happened
A V-1 fell on Sloane Court East early in the morning as American servicemen billeted in the requisitioned flats were assembling in the street.
Casualty note
74 US Army personnel and three civilians. The costliest single V-1 incident for American forces in Britain.
Also worth knowing
A stone tablet on the boundary wall of the Duke of York's Headquarters, opposite the junction with Sloane Court East, records the dead.