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Re: Orders regarding disposal of bomb loads
Many thanks for your comments.
Thanks Andy for sharing the German records.
I have found a reference in the Cornwall Air Raid Records to a small number of bombs being dropped on RAF St Eval and RNAS St Merryn about 2100 hours on the 4th April, so I guess it's possible this plane was in some way connected with that raid although this incident is 4 hours later. Whether the Cornish airfield raid were one of the diversionary attacks that Chris mentions I don't know.
Anyway it seems that the German plane on crossing the coast near the Lizard recognised where it was and chose to divert north to hit a known military target defended by AA guns. Luckily for the people of Falmouth the bombs hit the rocky foreshore between Pendennis Castle and Swanpool Beach. A few shattered windows was the only damage.
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