The V-1 threat effectively ended towards the end of March 1945. By then, an estimated 10,000 had been fired at England - 1,200 launched from the air by Heinkel He 111 bombers. 4,300 were brought down by aircraft/anti-aircraft fire/barrage balloons, 2,400 reached London - killing 6,000, injuring 20,000, and damaging/destroying tens of thousands of buildings.
Between October 1944 and March 1945, approximately 4,000 V-1s were fired at the Belgian city of Antwerp - a supply port that had been captured by the Allies. Just over 600 hit the city, claiming thousands of lives. Defensive artillery around the city shot down over 50% of incoming missiles, and fired almost a million rounds of ammunition in the process (via)
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