Sandhurst Road School Disaster (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Sandhurst Road School Disaster occurred at a school on Minard Road in Catford, south east London on Wednesday, 20 January, 1943, when a German fighter-bomber dropped a 500 kg (1,102 lb) bomb on the school at 12.30 pm. The resulting explosion killed 32 children and six staff with 60 others injured, many buried for hours under the rubble. Six further children died in hospital.The German attack formation consisted of 28 planes, with Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bombers escorted by Messerschmitt 109 fighters. The planes were to attack any targets of opportunity. The German pilot responsible for the attack on the school was Hauptmann Heinz Schumann from Jagdgeschwader 2.