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Caught in Bullet Fire in Aberdeen

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People in story: 
Jinty Buchanan
Location of story: 
South Mount Street, Union Street and Summer Street, Aberdeen
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A5301587
Contributed on: 
24 August 2005

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Jean Sharman on behalf of Jinty Buchanan and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.

I worked in the office of Strachan Photographers in Union Street during the war. One day I was walking along Summer Street when a German plane flew the length of Union Street. I looked up and the pilot started showering us with bullets. I heard the noise pit, pit, pit at my feet and flew for my life.

The other fright I got was when an unexploded bomb landed and we heard the switch. We hid in the lobby of 28 South Mount Street to get away from it.

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