Ashford Railway Works, Newtown
24 March 1943 · Ashford, Kent
View this record on the map →- Date
- 24 March 1943
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- HE
- Location
- Ashford, Kent
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, landmark point
What happened
Fifteen Focke-Wulf 190 fighter-bombers attacked Ashford in a low-level daylight raid at about ten in the morning, coming in out of the sun with the railway works as the primary target. Around 13,500kg of high explosive was dropped.
Casualty note
Sources give between 53 and 60 killed, with 150 to 250 injured. KentOnline's 2023 anniversary piece gives 53 killed and more than 150 injured.
Also worth knowing
Bombs also struck the Stanhay works, Hayward's garage, Snashall's bakery and the tannery at Dover Place, with damage along Milton, Star, Hardinge and Beaver Roads. Beaver Road School was destroyed but no children were killed there.