Newtownards WWII air raid memorial
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Newtownards WWII air raid memorial
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 5 Dec 2012
A memorial, close to the main war memorial Image, in memory of those who died in a Luftwaffe raid on Newtownards airfield in 1941. There are two theories. One is that the bombs were a mistake and were meant for Belfast. The other (given to me by one who was serving there at the time of the raid) is that the Germans believed that the nearby (elevated) Scrabo Tower Image and the airfield and were being used to track and attack U-boats in the Irish Sea.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.591213
Longitude
-5.691794