The Bombing of New Mills and Hayfield 1942

New Mills and Hayfield are small, rural and picturesque towns in the beautiful High Peak district of Derbyshire. Yet in the middle of WW2 they were devasted by a fatal Luftwaffe bombing raid that claimed the lives of eight civilians.

The raiders were eventually shot down over Lincolnshire by arguably the most famous RAF Battle of Britain fighter squadron 303 Polish Squadron with their Spitfires.

This book describes the incredible story in full.