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Doodlebug Exploding in Village, WW2

I was just 3 yrs. old staying in my aunt and uncle's bungalow in Newdigate, (they were working in a local munitions factory).   My mother and baby sister were there from Sth. London with me.
It was a lovely sunny day, I was in the garden playing when the Doodlebug engines cut out and it came down in the field next to the bungalow. The lady(Emily) in the next bungalow gathered me up from the garden and took me into her home and we hid beneath the table, whilst all the soil thrown up from the exploding bomb settled.
My mother and sister were trapped beneath a large porcelain sink they had hidden beneath as the roof was blown off the Wood's bungalow by the explosion.
My legs were cut by flying glass otherwise I was excited by the event, but mother refused to settle and insisted my father collected us and so we spent the war years, particularly the Battle of Britain period, in the safety of our cellar in Balham. Can you please give me the lat. /long of the field where the doodlebug landed, if you know it. Many thanks.

A memory of Newdigate in Surrey shared on Monday, 30th June 2008.

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RE: RE: Doodlebug Exploding in Village, WW2

My name is John Francis. My late father Ken Francis worked at the factory you talk about, he was there from 1941 -1976 when it closed. Please if you need any help contact me, my email is: jonbuss69@yahoo.co.uk

Comment from John Francis on Thursday, 23rd December 2010.

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