One night Dad heard the soft whispering of a cluster of incendiaries coming down straight above his head. He just managed to get under a costermongers barrow before they hit. Then there was a ring of them burning around him and several burning through the barrow on top of him. He escaped by taking a flying kick at one of them, to make a gap to run through.
Robert Westall: Children of the Blitz: p144
Form Personnel Damage 1/41, Civil Defence Service
Archive Reference: TWAS T15/1471
ARP personnel faced considerable danger during air raids. This document presents a lighter side to the risks they took.
Personnel Damage Form: PDF 520K
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