Almost 60 years to the day since he came close to losing his life in a Doodlebug attack, a pensioner is appealing for information from North Kent residents, past or present,  about the fate of the baby he carried to safety ... Although more than half a century has passed, Gordon King remembers 10.46am on June 29, 1944 like it was yesterday. Then a 15-year-old bread delivery boy, he was in Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill, with his colleague Stan Matthews when he heard the drone of a doodlebug on its way into London. The pair looked up, confident the rocket would fly past but were horrified when they saw it veering earthbound towards them having collided with a barrage balloon cable. The retired medical technician said: "We just jumped under the van, knowing we were going to die. Stan said to me 'this one's ours, boy' and we waited for the impact." The rocket landed in woodland behind the bungalow causing damage to 12 nearby houses and injuring 14 people, five of them seriously. Under the van Mr King was holding his head in his hands as a one-metre section of the doodlebug embedded itself in the vehicle. After several minutes, he and Mr Matthews climbed out to see a scene of chaos and a man carrying a baby walking towards them. "I don't know where he came from, but he was bleeding profusely and the baby was covered in blood as well. He handed the baby to me and then just collapsed," said Mr King. Still in shock, Mr King sprinted the 200 yards to an air raid warden's post where he handed the baby to a warden. The grandfather-of-11 said: "The baby can't have been more than a few months old and to this day I do not know what happened to it or whether it was a boy or a girl." Now 60 years on, after watching countless documentaries about D-Day and doodlebugs, he is desperate to find out what happened to the infant. "Somebody must know something. If the child survived they'd be a man or woman of 60 now and I'd really love to meet them," he said. Do you know what happened to the baby? Contact me at tony@bigginhill-history.co.uk if you can help Mr. king in his search.