Air raid postcard
Description
Listen to one boy鈥檚 account of a London air raid in 1916 during World War One. It was Sunday, September 2nd, when William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps shot down the first Zeppelin air ship in the First World War. The attack woke Patrick, who wrote an account of the attack to his father. The event is also known as Zep Sunday. Thousands of people came from miles around to the village of Cuffley to find a souvenir from the event. Lieutenant Robinson was rewarded with the highest military award for gallantry, the Victory Cross. Note that there is a line in Patrick鈥檚 letter which talks about the Zeppelin air crew having been burned to death.
Classroom Ideas
Children could make models of Zeppelin air ships and aeroplanes from the Royal Flying Corps. They could discuss how children like Patrick might have felt during one of the air raids during the war.
World War 1
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