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This story was submitted by Wendy Young. It has been added on behalf of Joan Burke with her permission. She fully understands the terms and conditions.

In 1941 I was six years old and attending the Penge Primary School Maple Road, South East London. The dining hall was elevated above the rest of the school.
One day when we were in the dining hall eating our dinner, a single seater German plane came beside the windows and tried to machine gun us children. No one was hurt but some of us were injured by flying glass. It happened so quickly we didn鈥檛 have time to be frightened. The head mistress told us to collect our plates with all the dust and glass and go to the shelter and finish our dinner.
In 1914 when the doodlebugs came over we weren鈥檛 frightened at all, we thought it was exciting. We even played games of chicken, trying to be the last one in the shelter.
When the engine of the Doodlebug stopped it either glided or fell right out of the sky.
I think Penge had the most doodlebugs to square area.

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