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This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Martin Hough a volunteer with WM CSV Actiondesk on behalf of Ken Clifford Bendall and has been added to the site with her permission. Ken Clifford Bendall fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

A close friend of the family, allowed my Mum and Aunt with her three children, myself and two Sisters the use of their bungalow, which was alongside the canal, for the six weeks of the summer holidays. We were out playing one day in August 1943/44 and we heard a terrible racket of roaring and bangs, we heard the roaring of engines approaching and we looked up to see just above the tree line that had sheltered us a bomber being pursued by a Spitfire. We realised their had recently been an air-raid on a local air field at Hockley Heath, where they had been training the glider and tug pilots in preparation for the invasion. We went to look at the extent of the damage but could only see one hanger with a hole in the roof, it made an interesting day for a six year old.

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