Fort Charles, North Sands
30 March 1943 · Salcombe, Devon
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- 30 March 1943
- Record type
- Historic bombing area
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 2
- Location
- Salcombe, Devon
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, landmark point
What happened
Two small children were killed at Fort Charles in a raid that also struck Bolt Head and Malborough the same day.
Casualty note
Two children, aged 3 and 2 — one of them an evacuee from Colliers Wood in London.
Also worth knowing
Both were the children of serving soldiers. One had been evacuated from London to what Whitehall planners had classed as a safe area.