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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
TargetOn Target
or on Land
within
50 milesOn
TargetMarch 23 Dover .. 18 11 65 .. 23 Portland .. 5 5 100 .. April 2 Weymouth .. 24 18 75 .. 17 Southampton .. 33a 7a 21 .. 23
24Exeter
Exeter175a ..
52a1a
27a..
5116 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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