Appendix XXX
Notable Night Attacks on United Kingdom Cities,
14th November, 1940-16th May, 1941

(Statistics compiled from German sources)

Night Target Area Aircraft
over
Target
Area
Tons
of H.E.
Incendiary
Canisters

Nov. 14 Coventry 449 503 881
15 London 358 414 1,142
16 London 87 104 68
17 Southampton 159 198 300
London 49 60 64
19 Birmingham 357 403 810
20 Birmingham 116 132 296
22 Birmingham 204 227 457
23 Southampton 121 150 464
24 Bristol 134 160 333
27 Plymouth 107 110 170
London 57 60 --
28 Liverpool-Birkenhead 324 356 860
29 London 335 380 820
30 Southampton 128 152 598
Dec. 1 Southampton 123 147 586
2 Bristol 121 122 615
3 Birmingham 5i 55 448
4 Birmingham 62 77 184
5 Portsmouth 74 88 148
6 Bristol 67 78 158
8 London 4i3 387 3,188
11 Birmingham 278 277 685
12 Sheffield 336 355 457
15 Sheffield 94 80 600
20 Liverpool-Birkenhead 205 205 761
21 Liverpool-Birkenhead 299 280 940
22 Manchester 270 272 1,032
23 Manchester 171 195 893
27 London 108 in 328
29 London 136 127 613
Jan. 2 Cardiff 111 115 392
3 Bristol 178 154 1,488
4 Avonmouth 103 82 752
9 Manchester 143 111 735
London 67 66 470
10 Portsmouth 153 148 1,409
11 London 137 144 598
12 London 141 155 823
13 Plymouth-Devonport 50 21 749
15 Derby 49 59 41
16 Avonmouth 126 124 1,480
17 Swansea 88 89 901
19 Southampton 62 57 325
29 London 36 58 72
Feb. 19 Swansea 61 54 537
20 Swansea 64 58 554
Mar. 3 Cardiff 47 52 406
4 Cardiff 61 48 563
8 London 125 130 693
9 London 94 97 464
10 Portsmouth 238 *93 1,291
11 Birmingham '35 122 830
12 Liverpool-Birkenhead 316 303 1,782
13 Glasgow-Clydeside 236 272 1,650
Liverpool-Birkenhead

65 58 122
Hull 78 at least 39 125
14 Glasgow-Clydeside 203 231 782
Sheffield 117 83 328
15 London 101 103 397
16 Bristol-Avonmouth 162 166 940
18 Hull 378 316 2,140
19 London 479 467 3,397
20 Plymouth-Devonport 125 159 881
21 Plymouth-Devonport 168 187 1,003
April 3 Bristol-Avonmouth 76 79 248
4 Avonmouth 83 80 546
7 Glasgow-Clydeside 179 204 722
Liverpool-Birkenhead 43 65 376
8 Coventry 237 3i5 710
9 Birmingham 237 285 1,110
Tyneside 116 152 1,396
10 Birmingham 206 246 1,183
11 Bristol-Avonmouth 153 193 969
15 Belfast 180 203 808
16 London 685 890 4,200
17 Portsmouth 249 346 1,280
19 London 712 1,026 4,252
21 Plymouth-Devonport 120 139 1,000
22 Plymouth-Devonport 125 146 994
23 Plymouth-Devonport 109 118 574
25 Sunderland 57 80 263
26 Liverpool-Birkenhead 92 113 426
27 Portsmouth 38 69 198
28 Plymouth-Devonport 124 159 820
29 Plymouth-Devonport 162 210 531
May 1 Liverpool-Birkenhead 43 48 112
2 Liverpool-Birkenhead 65 105 167
3 Liverpool-Birkenhead 298 363 1,380
4 Belfast 204 237 2,667
Barrow-in-Furness 55 81 312
Liverpool-Birkenhead 53 57 321
5 Glasgow-Clydeside 386 351 1,300
6 Glasgow-Clydeside 232 271 1,140
7 Liverpool-Birkenhead 166 232 807
Hull 72 no 268
8 Nottingham 95 137 189
Hull 120 157 540
Sheffield 34 53 802
10 London 507 711 2,393
16 Birmingham 111 160 58

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