Westland Aircraft works & Westland Road
March 1941 · Yeovil, Somerset
View this record on the map →- Date
- March 1941
- Record type
- Reported target area
- Bomb type
- HE
- Location
- Yeovil, Somerset
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, approximate point
What happened
A single Dornier 17 attacked the Westland Aircraft factory at lunchtime. Two bombs struck the factory, one hit the car park, and further bombs fell on houses in Westland Road, where a direct hit destroyed a home and killed a mother and her five-year-old son.
Also worth knowing
The account comes from Yeovil local historian Jack Sweet, who witnessed the raid aged five. No exact day in March 1941 and no total death toll are given, and the factory position here is indicative rather than surveyed.