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War site by Irene Lloyd from the Churchill C of E School, Westerham and has been added to the website on behalf of Ian Doyle with his permission and he fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

At this point in the war it was fairly common to see a doodlebug flying in the direction of London.

I was about 10 years old and been to lunch at the British Canteen and was walking back to school with some friends. As we passed through the recreation ground the engine of an approaching doodlebug suddenly stopped!!

We took cover against a wall and waited for the explosion. It didn't come. We continued on our way to school not realising that the doodlebug had missed a line of trees and finally slid through some allotments, coming to rest a few feet from the wall of a house.

This unexploded weapon was the centre of great interest until disposed of by the authorities.

Being children we didn't at that time appreciate how close we had been to danger.

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