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Old 29th January 2010, 19:55
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Exclamation Woodley Airfield,Berkshire

A bit of a long shot BUT.

There was at least one Luftwaffe attack on Woodley in about 1940/41.
I was at school near the airfield.

There was also an incendiary raid on some woods in Woodley.

Does anyone have any details of these incidents?
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Old 29th January 2010, 22:13
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Re: Woodley Airfield,Berkshire

Woodley was attacked on August 17th 1940 as well as September, October 1940. On the August raid; They machine gunned the local roads, close to the aerodrome: Six bombs were dropped at 1505 hours.
Machine gunned Crockhamwell Road, Butts Hill Road, Loddon Bridge Road, Sandford Lane, Headley Road, Headley Road East. A number of people were injuried.

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Old 30th January 2010, 11:15
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Re: Woodley Airfield,Berkshire

Many thanks for that Andy.

We watched one machine gun attack,I think on a Sunday morning,from Crockhamwell Road. The a/c flew parallel to Loddon Bridge Road towards the airfield from the Wokingham Road area. There were no hits on Crockhamwell Road.

I think the a/c was an Me 109. Any details of the Unit involved?
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