THE CROYDON RAID

The attack on Croydon aerodrome during August 1940 was a raid intended to hit RAF Kenley a few miles away, but its outcome saw the loss of many of the raiders including the attacking unit’s commanding officer in an episode that has fascinated and puzzled researchers of the period as Simon Parry and Mark Postlethwaite explain.

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