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Clydebank Blitz survivor says he 'still gets chills' when remembering dead bodies in the street

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Clydebank Blitz but to him it still seems like only yesterday.Today, on the anniversary of the devastating raids, the retired firefighter will shed a tear for his baby brother Wallace, who did not survive the Nazi bombing.Robert, 83, is one of only a handful of Blitz survivors who remain and the dad-of-one hopes Scotland will keep remembering when he and the others are gone.He said: “Today will mark 80 years since hundreds of Luftwaffe bombers launched their evil and relentless attack on my hometown, leaving 528 dead and 617 seriously injured.“I was only four years old when Clydebank was blitzed and people often say, ‘How do you remember?’ My answer is, ‘How could you forget?’“I lost my little brother and most of my friends.

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