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The bombing of Sandhurst Road School occurred during an air raid on Wednesday
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The bombing of Sandhurst Road School occurred during an air raid on Wednesday
The bombing of Sandhurst Road School occurred during an air raid on Wednesday, 20th January 1943 when the school on Minard Road, Catford, south east London was seriously damaged. A German fighter-bomber dropped a single 500-kilogram (1, 100 lb) bomb on the school at 12:30 pm, killing 38 children (32 killed at the school and 6 more died in hospital) and 6 staff and injuring another 60 people.
Picture shows: Gunner C.A. Alford working on the site where he lost two of his children.
21st January 1943
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Daily Mirror
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Media ID 21900449
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