"The First Victim of the Luftwaffe"  (The Isle of Man in WW2)
Channel: Culture Vannin
Date: 29/04/2020

The identity of first vicitim of Nazi bombing in the Northwest of the British Isles might surprise some people...

On 18 September 1940 a lone Nazi bomber dropped its bombs over one of the remotest parts of the Isle of Man in order to gain height.
They narrowly missed a millionaire who lived on buns, cream cakes and mineral water, but a frog was not so lucky...!
This short film tells the story of that event, and visits the bomb craters which are still there today.

This is one of a series of films investigating the Isle of Man during the Second World War.
The full series is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB95FuN2S6jPgScfCD7frBPpOvLBXwIfK

More resources on the Isle of Man during WWII are available here: https://www.culturevannin.im/resource_629051.html

This film was made in 2014 by Culture Vannin.
Presented by Alex Brindley. Written & Produced by Charles Guard. Music by Charles Guard.

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