- Contributed by听
- Severn Valley Railway
- People in story:听
- R Hobson
- Location of story:听
- Blakedown, Worcestershire
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A3912851
- Contributed on:听
- 18 April 2005
I was aged 7 in 1941. My mother sent me to the shop, I was walking down Belbroughton Road in Blakedown. There was a terrific noise up above and an Ack ack shell landed opposite the Swan Pub between two sets of semi-detached houses.
The shell didn鈥檛 explode and it was recovered by the Army.
(This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Wyre Forest Volunteer Bureau on behalf of Mr Hobson and has been added to this site with his permission. Mr Hobson fully understands the site's terms and conditions.)
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