- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Valerie Martin (nee Holman)
- Location of story:听
- Dartford Heath
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A7765699
- Contributed on:听
- 14 December 2005
I was eight years old in 1941 and living in Dartford, Kent. After being bombed out we moved to a semi-detached house in Chastilian Road, near Dartford Heath.
I used to catch a bus with other children to the Maypole Junior School. One morning while at the bus stop with a teacher, we saw a low-flying plane coming straight towards us. There was the sound of machine-gun firing aimed at us. We ran across the road (Rochester Way)to the porch of a house. The 'plane zoomed past and then the bus came along.
We were disappointed as we wanted to look for bullets.
This story was submitted to the People's War website by Helena Noifeld and has been added to the website on behalf of Valerie Martin (nee Holman) with her permission. She fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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