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Clydebank and the Blitz

The Air Raids on Clydebank began at 9pm on the 13th of March 1941 just when the pubs had closed. The Luftwaffe used Dorniers and Junkers 88 bombers to try and destroy the shipyards and Singers, instead they largely hit the civilian population housing. When the sirens went,people rushed to the shelters built to the rear of their properties. Many were killed as landmines dropped almost on top of the shelters. On the second night they dropped incendiares and burned the place down. This is what was left of our home on the 13/14 March 1941. My mothers kettle can still be seen on the grate at the top flat in Ellinger Terrace, Dumbarton Road next to the Tramcar terminus, Dalmuir West.The smoke from the burning oil tanks at Dalnottar, Old Kilpatrick can be seen in the sky.


Dalmuir West as it is today showing the same building with the Mountblow Bar The German aerial photograph taken from 15,000feet on 2nd of October 1939, a month after the War started and nearly a year before the "Blitz" on 13/14th March 1941
The Blitz A Dornier 17 on a bombing mission like the ones from Beauvais in France which done all the damage to the Clydeside.

Junkers 88 A Junkers 88 the workhorse of the Luftwaffe ready to drop its bombload.
Terraces An Oil Painting of the Terraces by Scottish Artist Tom McKendrick tells all of what happened when Clydebank was bombed on the second night with incendiares.
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