Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941:
180 German bombers fly over the Irish sea

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Hundreds of flares illuminate the night sky

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Crowds flock to the safety of shelters and into the hills around Belfast

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Hundreds of terrified residents flee down the Whitewell Road
looking for shelter but finding none. 170 are injured, 46 fatally

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Bombs continue to fall in Belfast.
A shelter in Percy St is hit, killing 30 people

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