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Originally Posted by Staffordshire Researcher
My research at Leek so far suggests one payload of incendiaries being dropped from one plane (non of which set fire to buildings), and four HE bombs dropped from another plane with a spread of only around 50metres (so I'm guessing dropped from low altitude?), non of which detonated on impact, and I'm assuming were diffused later. This happened 10-10.30pm March 11th.
This does not sound like the payload of the two Stoke planes yes? Would you say then that I might be looking at stray Birmingham raiders? Was 4 HE bombs a typical payload at that time??
John
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No it doesn't sound like the reported bombs at Stoke.
4 x SC 250 HE bombs (250 kg each) was a common load for a Ju 88's wing racks.
Were they strays? Quite likely but we don't have any definite evidence (nor does another of these reports mention the September 1940 bombing of Exeter that wrecked the house my Dad and Grandparents were living in). Stray planes used to unload bombs all over the place.