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Marden received more than its fair share of doodlebugs during the war.

Graham Elliott was just three when he was caught up in a devastating explosion in Carrington Road, Dartford, which claimed 10 lives.

Harry Pierce and his family had a lucky escape when a doodlebug plunged into a nearby street.

As a happily naive seven-year-old, Wouldham resident David Doye had no idea about the bleak purpose of a V1s.

Malcolm Hodge was four when he saw a doodlebug which wrecked a street in Frindsbury.

Helen Mill remembers having a ringside view of doodlebugs falling on London.

"A doodlebug gave me one of my least finest moments," recalls Alan Bignell, of Woodleas, Barming.

Pitch black nights, sunny days in the garden and a potty in the night shelter is what Alan Bye remembers of the Doodlebug summer.

In 1944, at the age of six and not being an evacuee, Brian Goodhew got used to watching the doodlebugs coming over at all times of the day.

Patrick Wicker showed no fear when the doodlebugs soared over the Medway Towns.

When the doodlebug stopped overhead, little Joy Muggridge ran for her life.

When a doodlebug hit the ground, it would blow into smithereens, all too often leaving a trail of destruction.

Herne Bay resident June Mackenzie remembers having to take shelter beneath her desk during a maths exam when one of the bombers flew over Canterbury.

Bernard Crowhurst, of Kirby Road, Stone, was nine during the doodlebug summer, and recalled watching flying bombs come over his childhood home.

Pat Miles, of Pilots Place, Gravesend, recalled how her family had a near miss when the doodlebugs first hit Gravesend.

For five-year-old Herbert Crack the Doodlebugs were more a source of excitement than terror.

Hundreds of bombs fell on Kent during the Doodlebug Summer. Use our interactive map to find out where.

Hundreds of bombs fell in Kent during the Doodlebug Summer. Use our interactive map to find out where they landed.

A park which is now home to a hotel and spa was a secret testing ground for a deadly D-Day weapon during the Second World War.