I WOULD like to thank all the people who phoned and wrote to me regarding the German bomber over Lickey Rock, near Bromsgrove, particularly the lady who remembered the attack because she had just had her banns read.

Mr V Crawford's research proved invaluable in discovering the date, and an article from the Messenger describing the attack, dated November 16 1940.

I thought your readers might be interested in what we gleaned from this and other sources. The article describes how a lone raider attacked various areas in the Midlands on Wednesday afternoon, November 13 1940.

It dropped high explosives which damaged business premises and killed eight people. It was also reported to have machine-gunned a nearby town.

British fighters soon got on its tail and a dogfight was witnessed by the people of a 'market town,' probably Bromsgrove.

One man in a rural area was killed by a machine gun bullet and others were injured. The bomber was driven off by British fighters which 'swooped around it like swallows,' taking it in turns to fire at it. The bomber escaped into cloud. The article gives no exact details.

Official reports show that three Hurricanes flown by Flt Lieut Kennard and Pilot Officers Bielkiewitz and Jankowski, of Yellow Section 306 Squadron, engaged a Heinkel III probably of 5/KG55, at 4.40pm.

The rear gunner was 'silenced' and the bomber chased over the Birmingham area. It escaped into the clouds.

The Hurricane flown by Bielkiewitz was badly shot up, one bullet hit the pilot's seat, another the throttle control, others the wing, cockpit and tyre.

The Heinkel III P4 2994 returned to base with five per cent damage and one crew member (the rear gunner) was dead.

G Leach,

Neerings,

Coed Efa,

Cwmbran,

Gwent.