What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: V1 Flying Bomb Carrington Road. Sunday 6th August 1944. On this spot fell a V1 flying bomb resulting in the loss of 10 lives, 107 injuries and damage to nearly 700 homes Recorded plaque organisation: Dartford Borough Council.
On August 6, 1944, a V1 flying bomb struck Carrington Road, causing significant casualties and destruction, highlighting the devastating impact of Nazi Germany's V-weapons during World War II on British civilian populations.
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