Mill Street, Maidstone
31 October 1940 · Maidstone, Kent
View this record on the map →- Date
- 31 October 1940
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- HE
- Location
- Maidstone, Kent
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, street-derived point
What happened
A lone Dornier 17 bombed Mill Street shortly before nine in the morning — the last bombs to fall on the town during the Battle of Britain period. The intended target was the Rootes Motors repair workshops, which built and repaired military vehicles.
Casualty note
Deaths occurred but no figure is given in the source consulted, so none is asserted here.
Also worth knowing
Shops and offices in Mill Street were heavily damaged and the town's trolleybus system had to be re-routed.