- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Les Chapman
- Location of story:听
- Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6870684
- Contributed on:听
- 11 November 2005
Percy Nutting holds one of four unexploded bombs dropped in the Grange Road area of Rusthall late evening October 4th 1940
I was about fiften at the time living in 55 Ashley Park Road in Rusthall.
The first flying bomb came over at ten o'clock one night. I heard a funny noise, looked out the window; there was flames coming out the backside of it. As it was the first one, no-one knew what it was. I thought it was an aircraft on fire. It was right over the house about a hundred yards up from home.
I thought it was one of ours that had "caught a packet." I thought, "That poor sod."
Next morning, the headlines on the paper were, "Hitler's Secret Weapon, The V1"
This story was submitted to the People's War website by Helena Noifeld of 大象传媒 Radio Kent and has been added to the website on behalf of Les Chapman with his permission. He fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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