flying bomb

plural flying bombs

1. Any early guided missile, but especially the V-1.

   In this category may be placed the new tube tunnel shelters in London, some of which have now been brought into use because of the flying-bomb attack.

   1944 September and October, “Shelters as Tube Railway Nuclei”, in Railway Magazine, pages 259–260

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   All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area. The principal effect of the flying bomb was to cause widespread blast damage to railway buildings and signalling and other installations, and to a smaller extent tracks, with resultant delays and the need for emergency repair.

   1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, pages 323–324