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BCA - 2025.8033
Title
The Bombing of Brize Norton 1940
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- 16th August 1940 (Creation)
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On August 16th 1940 RAF Brize Norton was bombed by 2 German aircraft.
Nos 1 and 3 C-type hangars plus 46 aircraft were destroyed or written off.
Possibly the most spectacular attack on any British airfield during WWII.
One civilian, Frederick Harden from Witney aged 61 was killed.
On the same day 6 Irish civilian workmen were killed in the raid on RAF Stanton Harcourt which was under construction.