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15 October 2014
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The Blitz Birmingham and Coventry

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Leslie Gordon Emmerson
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Wednesfield, Staffordshire
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A4908783
Contributed on:听
10 August 2005

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Deena Campbell from WM CSV Actiondesk on behalf of Leslie Gordon and has been added to the site with her permission. Ms Gordon fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

I was ten or eleven years old at the time of the Blitz. I lived on the edge of the conurbation and behind my house there were fields and no buildings except one farmhouse.

At the height of the Blitz on Birmingham and Coventry I could see the German Aircraft turning for their run from my old bedroom window. I could see the black crosses quite clearly.

When each aircraft was to the right of me, the underside of the aircraft turned red with the reflection of the fires in their target.

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