Thursday, February 27, 1941 - Bombing of the Parnall Aircraft factory in Yate

[Louis]

On thursday 27, february 1941, Luftwaffe dropped bombs on the Parnall Aircraft Works at Yate, South Gloucestershire, causing considerable loss of life. A further air raid took place friday 7th march 1941 with additional lives lost. In total 55 employees of Parnall’s Aircraft Factory died as a result of the bombing.


This is the bombed out remains of the main gun turret assembly shop taken in March 1941. You can see the base rings for the turret assembly in the foreground.