Tucheler Heide

Tucheler Heide

V-2 training launches started from Heidekraut in early August 1944. The Germans were forced by Russian advances to move the firing area from Heidelager to Heidekraut, a location 15 km to the east of Tuchel in Westpreussen. It was a primitive site with virtually no fixed installation. Flight observations were usually made from the train, which was parked at nearby Lindenbusch. Firings from Heidekraut were made toward either of two targets some 180 km to the south, Ziel 1 or to the north, Ziel 2. Testing (Versuchsbatterie 444) at Heidekraut continued during the autumn and early winter of 1944 until, in mid-January of 1945, that side too had to be abandoned. The missile training group moved eastward to Wolgast and then, toward February 15, transferred to Rethun on the river Weser.

Tucheler Heide launch list

Launch number	Ongoing number	Rocket destination	Date	Range (km)	Remarks
1	127	MW 18757	10 September 1944		Abandoned
2	128	MW 18769	12 September 1944	221
3	129	MW 18767	13 September 1944		Failed on launch pad
4	130	MW 18761	13 September 1944	178
5	131	MW 18765	13 September 1944	220
6	132	MW 18745	14 September 1944	218
7	133	MW 18758	14 September 1944	210
8	134	MW 18751	14 September 1944		Failed on launch pad. Returned to HAP
9	135	MW 18756	15 September 1944	4	Guidance system failed after lift-off
10	136	MW 18763	15 September 1944	12	Explosion in propulsion system
11	137	MW 18746	16 September 1944	217
12	138	MW 18750	16 September 1944	193	Airburst
13	139	MW 18752	17 September 1944	168	Airburst
14	140	MW 18754	17 September 1944	164	Airburst
15	141	MW 18755	18 September 1944	165	Impact
16	142	MW 18747	18 September 1944	171	Impact
17	143	MW 18766	18 September 1944	166	Airburst
18	144	MW 18762	18 September 1944	141	Impact
19	145	MW 18753	19 September 1944	199	Airburst
20	146	MW 18764	19 September 1944	162	Airburst
21	147	MW 18822	21 September 1944	160	Impact
22	148	MW 18824	21 September 1944	173	Impact
23	149	MW 18825	22 September 1944	143	Impact
24	150	MW 18826	22 September 1944	177	Impact
25	151	MW 18823	23 September 1944	42	Early impact
26	152	MW 18821	23 September 1944	151	Impact
27	153	MW 18831	23 September 1944	242	Impact
28	154	MW 18827	24 September 1944	141	Impact
29	155	MW 18820	24 September 1944		Aborted, returned to HAP.
30	157	MW 18806	25 September 1944	168	Airburst
31	158	MW 18807	25 September 1944	143	Airburst
32	159	MW 18808	25 September 1944	164	Airburst
33	160	MW 18815	25 September 1944	164	Impact
34	161	MW 18803	25 September 1944	162	Airburst
35	162	MW 18801	26 September 1944	171	Airburst
36	163	MW 18804	26 September 1944	165	Impact
37	164	MW 18805	26 September 1944	166	Airburst
38	165	MW 18802	26 September 1944	162	Airburst
39	166	MW 18803	26 September 1944		Abandoned; damaged fin. Launch tried on October 5th, 1944
40	167	MW 18770	26 September 1944	92	Airburst
41	156	MW 18837	27 September 1944	138	Airburst
42	168	MW 18771	27 September 1944	160	Airburst
43	169	MW 18774	30 September 1944	170	Airburst
44	170	MW 18788	30 September 1944	167	Impact
45	171	MW 18794	30 September 1944	179	Impact
46	172	MW 18777	01 October 1944	166
47	173	MW 18772	1 October 1944	170
48	174	MW 18773	1 October 1944	173
49	175	MW 18778	2 October 1944	132
50	176	MW 18776	2 October 1944	170
51	177	MW 18796	2 October 1944	247	Airburst
52	178	MW 18795	2 October 1944	236	Airburst
53	179	MW 18799	5 October 1944	229	Airburst
54	180	MW 18798	5 October 1944	230	Airburst
55	181	MW 18792	5 October 1944	225	Impact
56	182	MW 18797	5 October 1944	252	Airburst
57	183	MW 18803	5 October 1944	228	Impact
58	184	MW 18791	5 October 1944	233	Impact
59	185	MW 18790	5 October 1944	183	Airburst
60	187	MW 19041	6 October 1944	222
61	188	MW 19048	6 October 1944	225
62	189	MW 19045	9 October 1944	213
63	190	MW 19047	9 October 1944	210
64	191	MW 19039	9 October 1944	205	Impact
65	192	MW 19043	9 October 1944	7	Failed shortly after launch
66	193	MW 19042	9 October 1944	219
67	194	MW 19046	10 October 1944	220
68	195	MW 19040	10 October 1944	224	Airburst
69	196	MW 19044	10 October 1944	209
70	197	MW 18810	10 October 1944	239	Airburst
71	198	MW 18813	10 October 1944	209	Impact
72	199	MW 18809	10 October 1944	200
73	200	MW 18811	11 October 1944	272	Impact
74	201	MW 18816	11 October 1944	217	Airburst
75	202	MW 18814	11 October 1944	216	Impact
76	203	MW 18818	11 October 1944	220	Airburst
77	204	MW 18812	14 October 1944	245	Impact
78	205	MW 18819	14 October 1944	44	Damaged during launch
79	206	MW 18817	14 October 1944	245	Impact
80	207	MW 19487	28 October 1944	223
81	208	MW 19486	29 October 1944	224
82	209	MW 19484	30 October 1944	217
83	210	MW 19498	30 October 1944	223
84	211	MW 19488	31 October 1944	223
85	212	MW 19491	31 October 1944	223
86	213	MW 19489	31 October 1944	231
87	214	MW 19504	1 November 1944	2
88	215	MW 19490	1 November 1944	221
89	216	Ma241	1 November 1944		Failed on launching pad
90	217	MW 19492	2 November 1944	223	Impact
91	218	MW 19493	2 November 1944	218	Impact
92	219	MW 19494	3 November 1944	214	Impact
93	220	MW 19496	3 November 1944	221	Impact
94	221	MW 19495	4 November 1944	226	Impact
95	222	MW 19497	4 November 1944	224	Airburst
96	223	MW 19502	5 November 1944	224	Airburst
97	224	MW 19500	5 November 1944	116	Airburst
98	225	MW 19501	5 November 1944	222	Airburst
99	226	MW 19499	5 November 1944	112	Airburst
100	227	MW 19508	6 November 1944	250	Impact
101	228	MW 19511	7 November 1944	290	Impact
102	229	MW 19514	7 November 1944	250	Airburst
103	230	MW 19506	7 November 1944	293	Airburst
104	231	MW 19507	7 November 1944	250	Impact
105	232	MW 19509	8 November 1944	1	Failed shortly after launch
106	236	MW 19520	9 November 1944	257	Impact
107		MW 19519	9 November 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
108	238	MW 19516	10 November 1944	248	Airburst
109	239	MW 19518	10 November 1944	35	Impact
110		MW 19529	11 November 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
111	235	MW 19510	12 November 1944	49	Exploded shortly after launch
112	237	MW 19528	12 November 1944	245	Impact
113	233	MW 19513	13 November 1944	267	Airburst
114	234	MW 19512	13 November 1944	90	Impact
115	241	19525	14 November 1944	250	Impact
116	242	MW 19517	14 November 1944	250	Impact
117	243	MW 19549	15 November 1944	197
118	244	MW 19548	15 November 1944	196
119	245	MW 19544	18 November 1944	76
120	246	MW 19547	19 November 1944	159
121	247	MW 19545	19 November 1944	168
122	248	MW 19553	20 November 1944	183
123	249	MW 19550	20 November 1944	194
124	250	MW 19552	20 November 1944	189
125	251	MW 19551	21 November 1944	113
126	252	MW 19546	21 November 1944	168
127	253	MW 19829	21 November 1944	233	Impact
128	254	MW 19843	22 November 1944	229	Airburst
129	255	MW 19830	22 November 1944	190	Impact
130	256	MW 19832	22 November 1944		Engine failure
131	257	MW 19862	23 November 1944	385	No data returned
132	258	MW 19866	23 November 1944	289	Airburst
133	260	MW 19833	24 November 1944	219	Impact
134	261	MW 19834	24 November 1944	35	Guidance system failed
135		MW 19839	24 November 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
136	262	MW 19835	25 November 1944	58	Guidance system failed
137	259	MW 19864	25 November 1944	323	No data returned
138	263	MW 19836	26 November 1944	232	Impact
139		MW 19842	26 November 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
140	267	MW 19861	26 November 1944	0	Exploded on launching pad
141	264	MW 19831	27 November 1944	235	Airburst
142	265	MW 19844	27 November 1944	230	Airburst
143	266	MW 19840	27 November 1944		Failure
144	269	MW 19827	28 November 1944	231	Airburst
145	268	MW 19868	28 November 1944	279	No data returned
146	270	MW 19841	29 November 1944	166	Impact
147	271	MW 19825	29 November 1944	231	Impact
148	274	MW 19873	29 November 1944	315	No data returned
149	272	MW 19846	30 November 1944	132	Failure
150	273	MW 19849	30 November 1944	232	Impact
151		MW 19826	30 November 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
152	276	MW 19848	1 December 1944	214	Airburst
153	277	MW 19850	1 December 1944	2	Explosion shortly after launch
154		MW 19869	1 December 1944		Returned to field station; leaking
155	275	MW 19302	1 December 1944	320	No data returned
156	278	MW 19301	4 December 1944	293	No data returned
157	279	MW 19883	5 December 1944	250	Airburst
158	280	MW 19893	5 December 1944	246	Impact
159	281	MW 19905	5 December 1944	251	Airburst
160	282	MW 19913	6 December 1944	167	Impact
161	283	MW 19891	6 December 1944		Failure
162	285	MW 19874	7 December 1944	349	No data returned
163	284	MW 19901	7 December 1944	224	Impact
164	285	MW 19894	8 December 1944	243	Impact
165	286	MW 19888	8 December 1944	215	Impact
166	290	MW 19020	9 December 1944	347	No data returned
167	287	MW 19900	9 December 1944	270	Impact
168	288	MW 19895	9 December 1944		Returned to Mittelwerk
169	291	MW 19856	11 December 1944	245
170	292	MW 18783	11 December 1944	284	No data returned
171	293	MW 19855	12 December 1944	0	Exploded on launching pad
172	294	MW 19858	12 December 1944	243
173	295	MW 19854	12 December 1944	246
174		MW 19871	12 December 1944		Returned to field station
175	296	MW 19859	13 December 1944	244
176	297	MW 19870	13 December 1944	239
177	298	MW 19857	13 December 1944	68	Airburst
178	299	MW 19865	14 December 1944	1	Airburst
179	300	MW 19847	December 1944	230	Airburst
180	301	MW 19837	16 December 1944	216	Impact
181	302	MW 19838	16 December 1944	228	Airburst
182	303	MW 19851	17 December 1944	128	Failure
183	305	19828	19 December 1944	52	Failure
184	304	MW 19872	19 December 1944	243
185	306	MW 19845	20 December 1944	0	Control failure at lift-off at a height of 15m
186	307	MW 19852	20 December 1944	81	Guidance system failure
187	308	MW 19853	20 December 1944	232	Airburst
188		MW 19186	21 December 1944	229	Impact
189		MW 19676	21 December 1944	260	Impact
190		MW 19778	21 December 1944	228	Impact
191		MW 19886	23 December 1944	232	Impact
192		MW 19674	23 December 1944	222	Impact
193		MW 19776	23 December 1944	224	Airburst
194		MW 19650	25 December 1944	225	Impact
195		MW 19681	25 December 1944	228	Airburst
196	309	MW 20853	27 December 1944	212
197	310	MW 20844	28 December 1944	234
198	311	MW 20845	28 December 1944	229
199	312	MW 20848	28 December 1944		Failed
200	313	MW 20820	30 December 1944	230
201	314	MW 20816	30 December 1944	231
202	315	MW 20847	31 December 1944	226
203	316	MW 20825	31 December 1944	227
204	317	MW 20852	1 January 1945	34	Failed
205		Ma419 ( MW 20843)	1 January 1945		Attempt abandoned, launched Jan. 8th, 1945
206	318	MW 20815	2 January 1945	232
207	319	MW 20817	2 January 1945	232
208	320	MW 20818	2 January 1945	231
209	321	MW 20838	3 January 1945	229
210	322	MW 20841	3 January 1945	224
211	323	MW 20851	3 January 1945	223
212	324	MW 20823	4 January 1945	228
213	325	MW 20814	4 January 1945		Failed shortly after launch
214	326	MW 20843	8 January 1945	231
215	327	MW 20819	8 January 1945	234
215	330	MW 20705	10 January 1945	215
216	331	MW 20808	10 January 1945	56	Failed
217	332	MW 20809	10 January 1945	227
218	334	MW 20810	11 January 1945	226
219	335	MW 20807	11 January 1945	161	Failed
220	336	MW 20811	11 January 1945	231
221	337	MW 20804	11 January 1945	223
222	338	MW 20806	11 January 1945	226	High altitude airburst
223		MW 20824	11 January 1945		Abandoned
224		MW 20812	11 January 1945		Abandoned