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Appendix 39: Notable Day Attacks by German Fighter-Bombers 1943

(Compiled from British and German Sources)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Day Target Aircraft: Bombs: Col. (6) as % of Col. (5)
Sent Lost Aimed On Target
Jan. 20 London 28 3 a 28 22 79
March 7 Eastbourne 18 - 16 16 100
11 Hastings 27 27 25 93
12 London 19 – b 17 16 94
24 Ashford 17 1 15 14 93
April 3 Eastbourne 16 12 12 100
May 7 Yarmouth 20 1 19 7 c 37
11 Yarmouth 20 d 1 20 14 70
12 Lowestoft 3 e 3 1 33
12 Lowestoft 24 24 15 63
15 Felixstowe-Southwold 26 2 25 8 32
23 Hastings 20 2 17 15 88
23 Bournemouth 26 2 25 22 88
25 Folkestone 19 f 1 4 – g 0
25 Brighton 24 1 24 16 h 67
30 Frinton-Walton i 21 2 19 19 100
30 Torquay 26 5 22 18 82
June 1 Niton (I.O.W.) j 10 9 9 100
1 Margate 20 1 19 17 89
2 Ipswich-Felixstowe k 17 1 17 5 l 35
4 Eastbourne 17 I 15 14 93
6 Eastbourne 16 I 13 13 100

NOTES

aSix escort fighters also lost.

bTwo escort fighters lost.

cIn addition 12 bombs fell on neighbouring villages.

dIn addition 8 aircraft attacked patrol-vessels.

eIn addition 26 aircraft attacked patrol-vessels.

fOnly 4 aircraft completed task.

gOne bomb fell in swimming-pool.

hIn addition 4 bombs hit land but bounced into sea.

iAlternatives to Colchester.

jAlternative to Ventnor.

kAlternatives to Harwich, where balloon-barrage prevented attack.

lIn addition 10 bombs fell on neighbouring villages.