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We went to stay with my Grandmother in Fareham who lived in a little cottage in the High Street.

We were out shopping one day when we heard an engine noise above our heads. Suddenly it cut out.

My Mother threw me in the gutter and fell on top of me. My Mother told me it was the first V1 rocket sent over by the Germans to bomb England.

It landed over the hill somewhere and Winston Churchill came down to investigate.

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Marcia West and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Marcia's stories:

• 1) The night I was born
• 2) A ticking pillowcase
• 3) The table lifted off the floor
• 5) My first chocolate bar
• 6) Crisscrossed tape and heavy black curtains
• 7) I walked twelve miles a day!

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