Hi Does anyone know anything about a V1 bomb hitting a crowded cinema in Ostend during late 1944? Friend says he was in the building next door - I think called the Union Jack Club. Greg
Are you sure it's Ostend? Antwerp On 16th Dec 1944 a V2 hit the Rex Cinema in the Avenue de Keyser at 3.30pm, killing 567 people, including 296 Allied service personel. They were part of an audience of 1,200 watching Buffalo Bill.
a link below Re Antwerp http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/nw-europe/40494-antwerp-rex-cinema-v-2-attack-16-december-1944-a.html
There's a good account here: http://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/antwerp.html Not that it matters, but the film was 'The Plainsman' not 'Buffalo Bill'.