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Clydebank hit again

14th March 1941: Many people trek out of town to avoid the bombs, as it seems likely the Luftwaffe will take advantage of another moonlit night

Mar 14, 2026
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Damage to a tenement in the recent raid on Clydeside. 17th March 1941. Shown is Shiskine Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, destroyed by a parachute mine on the night of 14 March 1941, along with other houses in Kilmun Street.

I saw a little girl standing at an upstairs window, she was about seven years of age. The house was blazing. Up until that time I had bee…

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