Appendix 30: 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 | 51 | 55 | 448 |
4 | Birmingham | 62 | 77 | 184 |
5 | Portsmouth | 74 | 88 | 148 |
6 | Bristol | 67 | 78 | 158 |
8 | London | 413 | 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 | 315 | 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 |