London Victoria Station Bombed 9th October 1940

[Larry deZeng]

As finely detailed as The Blitz Then and Now is, the coverage for Wednesday, 9 October, is less than adequate (see Volume 2, pp.174-76). No mention is made of any bombs on Victoria Station and there is no identification of the Kampfgeschwader participating in the night's activities. It just says that the most intense periods over London were 1900-2100 on 9 October and 0300-0600 on 10 October. The night of 9/10 October throught the U.K. resulted in 19 killed and 74 injured, but only part of those were in London. Only St. Paul's Cathedral is singled out for mention as a notable target that took a significant hit.