大象传媒

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[We] went outside the house to sit on the wall above Brixham Harbour. We heard the planes. No [air-raid] warning, so thought they were British. No such luck! As we watched we saw the bombs leave the plane we all dashed indoors. As many as possible squeezed in the cupboard under the stairs. I couldn't as I suffered from asthma.

We only had damage to the roof, but a new bungalow was demolished a couple of streets away. Forgot: we had all the windows out and a ceiling down.

The German planes came in close to cliffs, climbed up over Berry Head and therefore weren't picked up by radar.

The first lots of bombers - midday - dropped bombs on the bottom of the main street, also on the boats.

I remember a young boy of fourteen - first day at work - was killed, and an old man on one of the boats by the breakwater.

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