- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Peggy and Eric Judges
- Location of story:听
- Newton, Dartford, Kent
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A7440707
- Contributed on:听
- 01 December 2005
My father was the senior air raid warden in the Newton area of Dartford, living in Carrington Road.
On one occasion after we were married, a doodle bug wing hit the surface of the road and exploded. A bay window at the front was completely smashed. My mother always used to sit by the bay window, but on this particular day my father had taken her out in her wheelchair, otherwise she'd have been killed.
My wife and a friend of hers were there at the time. My wife was knocked unconscious and carried into the Anderson Shelter. I was on guard duty at the time at Foots Cray and they let me off duty to hitch hike home
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