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Old 17th Feb 2015, 23:51
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Bombing

My late friend George(worked for Boulton-Paul in Wolverhampton)His words as I remember them"I volunteered to drive to Coventry to pick up parts we needed,we arrived just as the raid started and were almost at our destination after taking cover,the street had a river of melted margarine and fat carrying dead bodies with it .I will never forget that night.
Another friend was in the WRENS in Plymouth"we were in the shelters during the raid and some bombs dropped very close.After, I tried to get home but the city centre was just a pile of smoking rubble.
Tell them Dresden was not justified.
Oh yes and the Luftwaffe strafed the main street of the small port I was brought up in.Now why would they do that?
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