[Brian Bines]

Reports on the raid gave that eight bombs landing in Lewisham, two on Poplar and a further twelve in in Deptford, Bermondsey and Greenwich. As well as the Sandhurst Rd School other places mentioned were a Pub in Deptford deing destroyed, a Gasholder at Sydenham being set alight and a house at the Royal Naval College being destroyed. The Home Office report states 8 Key points and 5 Railways were affected and apart from a warehouse at the Surrey Commercial Docks damage to these was not substancial. It also says that a further 43 incidents were reported in Sussex, Surrey and the Isle of White, with Southern Railway reporting slight damage at 3 points.
A POW (not always reliable) from 10(JABO)/JG26 stated the raid was a reprisal for raids on Berlin, with no specific objectives being named. German loss returns say either a Jaboangriff or a Tagesangriff on London.
In a radio broadcast Schumann is reported to have said the bombs fell just where we wanted them to. With the killing of 38 children and six teachers at the Catford School there were calls to put him on trial as a War Criminal if he fell into British hands.
Whether while bombing at low level and high speed the German pilot thought he was attacking a factory rather than a school will probaly never known for certain.
As already asked does anybody know if five other schools were hit in this attack, could not find any reports mentioning these.