Cunliffe-Owen's bomb raid.

Seventy Five Years Ago

11th September 1940: Cunliffe -Owen Aircraft Works, Eastleigh

At about 16:13 on Wednesday the 11th of September eight Messerschmitt bf110 fighter bombers dive-bombed the Naval Air Station at Eastleigh Aerodrome. No damage was inflicted, but the Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft works was hit, starting a fire in ‘B’ Building. An air raid shelter at the works received a direct in the raid. It is recorded that 52 people were killed, and 92 injured during the raid. This was followed by the fateful raids on the Supermarine factory on the 24th and 26th of September, 1940.

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