Eighty five years ago on the night of 9 th April, Germany bombed Birmingham with nearly 240 aircraft. One bomber was brought down by the air defences. As the aircraft descended earthwards, bits of burning wreckage fell away causing a row of houses to catch fire resulting in the death of 75-year-old Sarah Davies and three-year-old Anthony Smith. Now out of control, the German bomber plunged to the ground careering into the rear of two adjacent houses both of which were oc