The Misdirected Bomb!

by Stewart_Morison

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Contributed by: Stewart_Morison
People in story:: The People of Harrogate, Yorkshire
Location of story:: Harrogate, Yorkshire
Background to story:: Civilian
Article ID:: A2865053
Contributed on:: 25 July 2004

Only one German bomb fell on Harrogate in Yorkshire during WW2, so it is reported...

...this was dropped by a German who had been rejected before the war started by a girl who lived in Leeds - 16 miles away - and he mistook Harrogate for Leeds on a night flight!

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