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Doodlebug Summer (Flying Bombs and Rockets : Doodlbug Summer), quote:

During research I came across one incident completely by chance which painfully illustrates the human suffering.
On the evening of the 18th July 1944 a Doodlebug dived through the open doors of ElmersEnd bus garage in Beckenham. It exploded among the buses killing 17 people. One of these was a 17 year old called Sydney Steer. It is not recorded if he was a London Transport staff member but as many of the casualties were, it seems likely.
His family must have been devastated at the loss of a young life but on the 2nd August a further tragedy was to happen. His father Herbert Steer was at a restaurant at Clockhouse in Beckenham which was hit by a V1 at 13.02 when it was packed with diners. 44 were to die including Herbert Steer. It was one of the worst tragedies in South London . It is hard to imagine the effect that this double loss must have had on his wife for the rest of her life.
This is an awful illustration of the futility and tragedy of the V weapon attacks