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- 大象传媒 Southern Counties Radio
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- Dora Nunn
- Location of story:听
- Uckfield
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4387665
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- 07 July 2005
This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Charlotte Compton of Uckfield Community Learning Centre, a volunteer from 大象传媒 Southern Counties Radio on behalf of Dora Nunn and has been added to the site with his/her permission. Dora Nunn fully understands the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.
In August 1940 I was hop picking with my mother and Patrick 18 months old, in part of Uckfield now know as Manor Park. There were about 20 to 30 people we were watching a dog fight between several RAF and Luftwaffe planes. We were all cheering when suddenly a German plane sprayed the hop garden with bullets, we hid the children under the hop bins, and luckily no one was hurt.
On the way home we saw a damaged German plane being taken through the town on a carrier. Then near the station another German plane swooped down and sprayed us with bullets again.
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