Appendix XXXVII
Principal German Night Attacks, 1942

(Compiled from British and German Sources)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Night Primary Target Tonnages: Col. (5)
as % of
Col. (4)
Col. (5)
as % of
Col. (3)
Aimed
at
Target
On Target
or on Land
within
50 miles
On
Target
March 23 Dover   ..   18   11   65   ..  
23 Portland   ..   5   5   100   ..  
April 2 Weymouth   ..   24   18   75   ..  
17 Southampton   ..   33a 7a 21   ..  
23
24
Exeter
Exeter  
175a ..
52a
1a
27a
..
51  
16  
25 Bath   210   150   92   61   44  
26 Bath   115   65   43   67   37  
27 Norwich   102   56   54   97   53  
28 York   101   84   55   66   54  
29 Norwich   90a 49a 45a 91   50  
May 3 Exeter   131   78   62   80   47  
4 Cowes   162   88   69   78   43  
8 Norwich   113   68   1.5 2   1  
19 Hull   168   108   30   27   18  
24 Poole   166   49   9   18   5  
29 Grimsby   70a 28a --   0   0  
31 Canterbury   116   55   46   84   40  
June 1 Ipswich   88   49   9   18   10  
2 Canterbury   52   23   8   36   l5  
3 Poole   139   61   17   27   12  
6 Canterbury   54   33   7   22   13  
21 Southampton   133   68   25   37   !9  
24 Birmingham   51   20   --   0   0  
26 Norwich   56   28   20   73   36  
27 Weston-super-Mare   47   17   15   88   32  
28 Weston-super-Mare   47   20   18   90   38  
July 6 Middlesbrough   48   30   16b (53) (33)
7   Middlesbrough   59   26   16b (63) (27)
July 25 Middlesbrough   28   23   21b (90) (79)
27 Birmingham   78   36   24   67   31  
29 Birmingham   71   24   10   42   14  
30 Birmingham   49   26   --c 0   0  
31 Hull   46   34   3   9   7  
Aug. 1 Norwich   20   10   8   80   40  
4 Swansea   13   5   -   0   0  
10 Colchester   15   10   2   20   13  
13 Norwich   8   3   1   33   13  
14 Ipswich   6   5   0.5 10   8  
20 Portsmouth   18   13   1   8   6  
26 Colchester   6   9d --   0   0  
Sept. 6 Sunderland   19   10   0.3 3   2  
17 King's Lynn   7   7   5e (70) (70)
Oct. 31 Canterbury   52   35   11   31   21  

  NOTE  
a   Excludes incendiaries.  
b   Includes Billingham.  
c   14 tons fell on Wolverhampton and Walsall.  
d   Includes some bombs aimed at secondary targets.  
e   Includes Yarmouth.  

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