Appendix 38: Principal German Night Attacks 1943
(Compiled from British and German Sources)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Night | Primary Target | Tonnage Aimed at Target | Tonnage On Target or on Land within 50 miles | On Target | Col. (5) as % of Col. (4) | Col. (5) as % of Col. (3) |
| Jan. 17 | London (118-6) a | 115 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 37 |
| Feb. 13 | Plymouth (28-0) a | 30 | 15 | 3.4 | 22 | 11 |
| 16 | Swansea (37-4) a | 27 | 12 | 6.4 | 55 | 24 |
| March 3 | London (117-6) a | 108 | 70 | 12 | 17 | 11 |
| 7 | Southampton (37-3) a | 33 | 31 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Newcastle (51-5) a | 30 | (93 bombs) | – | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Norwich (41-1) a | 36 | 27 | 3.3 | 12 | 9 |
| 28 | Norwich (45-2) a | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| April 14 | Chelmsford (91-6) | 77 | 54 | 9 | 17 | 12 |
| 16 | London (30-6) | 13.5 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 21 | Aberdeen (29-0) | 58.5 | 54 | 39 | 72 | 67 |
| May 4 | Norwich (79-5) | 103 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | Chelmsford (85-4) | 113 | 80 | 16 | 20 | 14 |
| 15 | Sunderland (77-2) | 93 | 47 | 31 | 66 | 33 |
| 17 | Cardiff (89-6) | 92 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 22 |
| 23 | Sunderland (73-3) | 93 | 42 | 27 | 64 | 30 |
| June 12 | Plymouth (86-5) | 75 | 45 | 23 | 52 | 31 |
| 13 | Grimsby (72-2) | 61 | 27 | 19 | 70 | 31 |
| 23 | Hull (33-0) | 31 | 19 | 15 | 79 | 48 |
| July 12 | Grimsby (50-1) | 57 | 44 | 36 | 83 | 63 |
| 13 | Hull (61-4) | 71 | 60 | 34 | 56 | 48 |
| 25 | Hull (51-4) | 70 | 51 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Aug. 11 | Plymouth (71-1) | 64 | 52 | 32 | 62 | 50 |
| 15 | Portsmouth (91-5) | 77 | 37 | 14 | 37 | 18 |
| 17 | Lincoln (88-11) | 28 | 33 b | – | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. 7 | London, Norwich (75-5) | 33 49 | 22 34 | 8— | 36 0 | 24 0 |
| Oct. 20 | Hull, London {(89-1) | 61.5 24 | 37 19 | – 0.5 | 0 0.25 | 0 0.2 |
| 23 | Yarmouth (39-3) | 47 | 17 | .25 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Nov. 3 | Ipswich (40-0) | 55 | 40 | 16 | 40 | 29 |
| 15 | Plymouth (46-2) | 44 | 27 | 12 | 44 | 27 |
| Dec. 10 | Chelmsford (56-4) | 20 | 62 b | – | 0 | 0 |
NOTE
a Figures in Cols. 3-5 exclude small incendiaries.
b Includes some bombs aimed at secondary targets.