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- National Trust WW2 Rural Learning Events
- People in story:听
- Frank Evans
- Location of story:听
- Hereford
- Article ID:听
- A3933263
- Contributed on:听
- 21 April 2005
I was in the Home Guard in the second world war. I was in a reserved occupation as I was a farmer with a milk round.
One morning I remember seeing a German bomber coming low over the cemetery in Hereford. I think he was looking for the Ordinance Depot at Rotherwas.
I used to carry a loaded Royal Enfield rifle on my rounds, but the plane was too fast to shoot and I wouldn鈥檛 have wanted the bombs to go off over my head .
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