Fighting in the air

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Contributed by: nottinghamcsv
People in story:: Leonora Williams
Location of story:: Dover, Kent
Background to story:: Civilian
Article ID:: A4889604
Contributed on:: 09 August 2005

This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/BBC Radio Nottingham on behalf of Leonora Williams with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

I was able to watch the Doodle Bugs flying over heading to London and V2’s. On this occasion one got shot down and landed in a village near Capel and the whole family was wiped out who lived there. The Gunners had hit the tail of it and it came down, it was dreadful.

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