Editing Croydon Airport (section)

====Battle of Britain====
On 15 August 1940, Croydon Airport was attacked in the first major air raid on the London area. At around 6.20 pm 22 [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]] and [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] fighter-bombers of ''Erpr.Gr.210'' mounted a final raid of the day, intended for [[RAF Kenley]] nearby, but attacked Croydon (four miles further north) in error. The armoury was destroyed, the civilian airport terminal building was badly damaged, and a hangar was damaged by cannon fire and blast. Another hangar and about forty training aircraft in it went up in flames. Six airfield personnel died (four airmen from [[No. 111 Squadron RAF|No. 111 Squadron]], an officer of [[No. 401 Squadron RCAF|No. 1 Squadron RCAF]], and a female telephonist from Station HQ). Factories next to Croydon Airport took the worst of the bombing. The British NSF factory (making electrical components) was almost entirely destroyed, and the [[Bourjois]] perfume factory gutted. The [[Rollason Aircraft and Engines|Rollason Aircraft]] factory also received bomb hits and accounted for many of the 62 civilians (including five women) killed and 192 injured. Eight of the attacking aircraft were shot down by the Hurricanes of [[No. 32 Squadron RAF#Second World War|32]] and 111 Squadrons.<ref>Ramsey, "After the Battle"{{clarify|date=September 2022}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is to [[After the Battle]] magazine but no issue number so impossible to verify (there are 195 issues)|date=September 2022}}