Was Bristol attacked by V1 flying bombs or V2 rockets during WW2?
The V1 only had an operational performance of 150 miles, so launching them from the French coast at Pas de Calais would put Bristol just out of reach. They were not that accurate, I would assume that they Germans would prefer to use them against a much higher value and easier to hit target like London than a million to one shot at Bristol. However, when the Pas de Calais was overrun, the Germans began to use modified Heinkle 111 bombers to air launch V1’s but this seems to have been primarily from the North Sea, again putting Bristol out of range, but it isn’t beyond the realms of possibility that a Heinkel flew up the Bristol Channel to launch a V1 at Bristol. However its a long shot in more ways than one, and I would be very skeptical that the German’s at that stage of the war would have the resources to launch such a raid for very little strategic outcome.
