Spitfire Dive-Bombers Versus the V2: Fighter Command's Battle with Hitler's Mobile Missiles

Air Marshal Roderic Hill countered the V2 threat by using six squadrons of Spitfires from 12 Group bases in Norfolk to discover and then dive-bomb the mobile V2 launch sites which were scattered throughout the Dutch towns and countryside. This was no easy task as the missiles were well camouflaged and often positioned adjacent to dwellings occupied by civilians.