Tiddly Pinch Bofors (click to enlarge) |
Most famous was the Tiddly Pinch Bofors (see photo and inset above) which was positioned to take on Tip & Run Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter bombers approaching Teignmouth and those aircraft which had attacked Torquay and were turning for home across the Channel.
The Bofors 40mm gun could fire a one kilo projectile three miles at a rate of 120 a minute and was most effective at defending against fast moving aircraft.
Alan Hunt recalled the crew of the Tiddly Pinch Bofors, when off-duty, playing cards at Ferndale House in Rock House Lane, Maidencombe.
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