Memoirs of The Battle Of Britain

BATTLE of Britain memories are being revived by a small display at Littlehampton Museum this month to commemorate the anniversary of the Finest Hour .

Photographs and other archive material, including an official ledger of air raids, show how Littlehampton was very much a front-line town, with German Luftwaffe airfields less than 100 miles away in occupied France.

The display, Air Raid Warning Red, has been mounted in association with the Littlehampton branch of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA), whose chairman, John Saunders, has vivid memories of August 18, 1940, known as the Hardest Day.

The museum exhibition describes the history of the airfield at Ford and its role in the Battle of Britain, as well as giving details of other air raids on the Littlehampton area a total of 24 attacks between August, 1940, and April, 1944, killed 20 people and wounded 86.

The worst incident was a bomb falling on a house in Pier Road, killing eight children and adults.

For the full story see this week's Littlehampton Gazette.