Photo: A V-1 pilotless flying bomb on its launching platform, circa 1944. The background has been retouched by German censors. (Getty Images) Throughout the war, the Nazis were secretly developing ...

On Christmas Eve 1944, residents on a quiet Oldham street woke up having lost 27 of their friends, family and neighbours after a German V-1 bomb fell on their homes. At approximately 5.30am 80 ...