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THIS IS LONGFORD Now in our sixteenth century! V1 Attack Hits Longford
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From an article by Philip Sherwood in The Historian, Issue 123, The Chronicles of the West Drayton and District Local History Society (September 2000). During 1943/44, daytime air raids were very rare and, although there were occasional raids at night, they were nothing like the intensity of the Blitz of 1940/41. This period of relative calm came to an abrupt end during the night of 13 June 1944 when I was awakened by a loud bang and a flash of light followed, almost immediately, by the sounding of the air-raid siren. Soon after, the all clear sounded, and I went back to sleep and thought little more about it. The following day it became apparent that the explosion was caused by one of the very first V1 flying bombs to be launched by the Germans. It had landed in an orchard at Longford and caused no casualties and only minor damage.
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