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Coventry Blitz: 503 tonnes of bombs dropped on one night in the Coventry Blitz, how many still lie dormant?
During the night of 14th November 1940, 499 planes dropped 30,000 incendiary bombs on the city of Coventry.
One man who knew all too well what happened was Ted Wilson.
Ted was only 16 at the time ... but was one of the firefighters trying desperately to save the cathedral.
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