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Appendix XLII
The 'Baby Blitz'
(Notable German Night Attacks
January-May, 1944)(Compiled from British and German Sources)
I 2 3 4 5 6 7 Night Target Sorties Losses
MonthlyTonnage
on U.K.Tonnage
on
TargetCol. (6)
as % of
Col. (5)Jan. 21 London 447 268 32 12 29 " 285 57 158 36.5 23 (7.8%) Feb. 3 " 240 167 26 16 13 " 230 161 4 2 18 " 200 185 139 75 20 " 200 160 118 74 22 " 185 167 75 45 23 " 161 114 49 43 24 " 170 72 128 89 70 (5-2%) March 1 " 165 166 56 34 14 " 187 162 81 50 19 Hull 131 92 -- 0 21 London 144 J37 87 64 24 " 143 98 52 53 27 Bristol 139 75 100 0 (8-3%) April 18 London 125 114 53 46 20 Hull 130 49 0 23 Bristol 117 62 -- 0 25 Shipping at Portsmouth 193 42 .. .. 26 " 78 30 .. .. 27 " 60 -- .. .. 28 " 58 2 .. .. 29 Plymouth 101 75 52 8 13 (8-7%) May 14 Bristol 91 83 3 4 15 Portsmouth 106 44 1.4 3 22 " 104 17 1.5 9 27 Weymouth 28 28 13 46 28 Torquay ..* Appr. 50
(c. 10%)10 5 50 29 Talmouth, Portsmouth ..* 16 6 38 NOTE
* The targets quoted for the nights of May 28th and 29th are those mentioned in German broadcast claims According to the German official report, however, the target on the 28th was Falmouth (51 sorties). The report gives no main target for the 29th.
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